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WorksheetsCharacteristics of Living Things
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy from external sources are called
a)
autotrophs
b)
heterotrophs
c)
thylakoids
d)
plants
2.
Autotroph or heterotroph?
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
3.
What is an autotroph?
a)
an organism that can make their own food.
b)
an organism that cannot make their own food
c)
Herbivore
d)
Omnivore
4.
Which type of cell?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
5.
An organism that can make its own food
a)
Heterotroph
b)
Autotroph
c)
Herbivore
d)
Vegetarian
6.
What are humans?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
7.
Organisms have specific needs to keep themselves living...which of the following is a need of life?
a)
water
b)
blood
c)
houses
d)
shoes
8.
true or false: nonliving things cannot grow
a)
false
b)
true
9.
Organisms respond to ___________ factors such as sunlight, wind, and precipitation.
a)
external
b)
internal
10.
A dichotomous key for trees is provided. Hikers found a tree that has large brown cones and single sharp needles. What species of tree have the hikers found?
a)
Juniper
b)
Pine
c)
Spruce
d)
Fir
11.
Which of the following characteristics will most likely be helpful in identifying a butterfly using a dichotomous key?
a)
Migrates north every spring
b)
hangs on branches
c)
flutters wings fast on hot days
d)
Wings have long extensions
12.
A dichotomous key for insects is given. To what order does an insect with two pairs of scaly wings belong?
a)
Coleoptera
b)
Heteroptera
c)
Diptera
d)
Lepidoptera
13.
An illustration and a dichotomous key are given. What is the correct classification for this organism?
a)
Class Insecta
b)
Order Amblygygi
c)
Order Araneae
d)
Order Scorpiones
14.
A labeled diagram of a fiddler crab is provided. Which of the following is an accurate observation of the structures of a fiddler crab? Fiddler crabs have -
a)
five pairs of walking legs on each side.
b)
an enlarged propodus on both front legs.
c)
a pair of eyes on stalks at the top of the body.
d)
two pairs or chelipeds for a total of four.
15.
What step do we always start with when using dichotomous keys?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
16.
When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?
a)
physical features
b)
weather patterns
c)
environment
d)
diet
17.
A botanist discovers a new plant in the jungle. Which of the
following observations of the plant’s characteristics would be useful in determining its identity with a dichotomous key?
following observations of the plant’s characteristics would be useful in determining its identity with a dichotomous key?
a)
It was discovered in the summertime
b)
It is wet from a recent rain storm.
c)
Its leaves curl up on the edges.
d)
It is eaten by native jungle ants.
18.
Which kingdom would this organism belong to?
a)
Protista
b)
Plantae
c)
Animalia
d)
Fungi
19.
Which kingdom to humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
20.
Fill-in-the-blank:
Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--____________
Domain--Kingdom--Phylum--____________
a)
Order
b)
Family
c)
Class
d)
Species
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