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WorksheetsCharacteristics of Life
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
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1.
Which characteristic of life involves creating new offspring or generations through either asexual or sexual means?
a)
All living things are made of cells.
b)
All living things respond to the environment.
c)
All living things evolve.
d)
All living things reproduce?
2.
How many cells are required to be considered a living organism?
a)
At least one.
b)
Five or more cells
c)
You must have over 3,000 cells to be considered alive.
d)
As long as you have some of the parts of a cell, you are alive.
3.
What kind of organism is capable of making its own food by using chemicals and sunlight?
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Heterotroph
4.
What is the special molecule found in all of your cells that functions as the genetic blueprint for your entire structure?
a)
DAN
b)
DNA
c)
Adenosine Triphosphate
d)
Adenosine Diphosphate
5.
What do we call organisms that are made up of more than one cell?
a)
monocellular
b)
bicellular
c)
multicellular
d)
unicellular
6.
What is the scientific term for maintaining a constant internal environment?
a)
biological balance
b)
homeostasis
c)
internal regulation
d)
xenobiographic balance
7.
What do you call organisms that must eat food in order to obtain energy?
a)
autotrophs
b)
hetertrophs
8.
What do we call organisms that are made up of only one cell?
a)
monocellular
b)
bicellular
c)
multicellular
d)
unicellular
9.
What do we call the characteristic of life that involves increasing in size by either adding mass (unicellular organisms) or adding more cells (multicellular organisms)?
a)
growth
b)
development
10.
What is the scientific term that is used an internal or external signal that organisms will respond to?
a)
factor
b)
stimulus
c)
nervous system response
d)
trigger
11.
Passing on helpful traits to their children, which will change the population over a long period of time is an example of which characteristic of life?
a)
All living things adapt.
b)
All living things grow
c)
All living things evolve.
d)
All living things respond and adapt to their environment.
12.
What do we call the type of asexual reproduction in which an organism copies its internal structures, then splits in two?
a)
binary fission
b)
budding
13.
What do we call it when organisms change their structure from an infant or juvenile organism to an adult?
a)
growth
b)
development
14.
Which type of reproduction requires male and female sex cells to create a new offspring?
a)
asexual reproduction
b)
sexual reproduction
15.
What do we call the type of sexual reproduction in which the egg cells are fertilized outside of the woman's body?
a)
external fertilization
b)
internal fertilization
c)
Just gross!!!!
16.
Which characteristic of life is being demonstrated in this picture?
a)
All living things have cells.
b)
All living things require energy.
c)
All living things evolve.
d)
All living things reproduce.
17.
What characteristic of life is being demonstrated?
a)
All living things evolve.
b)
All living things are made of cells.
c)
All living things reproduce.
d)
All living things require and use energy.
18.
What characteristic of life is best represented by this picture?
a)
All living things are made up of cells.
b)
All living things
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis.
d)
All living things reproduce.
19.
Which characteristic of life is best represented by this picture?
a)
All living things are made of cells.
b)
All living things maintain homeostasis.
c)
All living things evolve
d)
All living things respond to their environment.
20.
How would you describe this organism's method of obtaining and using energy?
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
21.
How would you describe this organism's reproductive strategy or technique?
a)
asexual reproduction (binary fission)
b)
asexual reproduction (budding)
c)
sexual reproduction (external fertilization)
d)
sexual reproduction (internal fertilization)
22.
Which characteristic of life occurred to make this picture possible?
a)
All living things grow and develop.
b)
All living things evolve.
c)
All living things are made up of cell.
d)
All living things maintain homeostasis.
23.
What characteristic of life is demonstrated by the picture of the Neanderthal and the Modern Human?
a)
All living things are made of cells.
b)
All living things evolve.
c)
All living things require energy.
d)
All living things reproduce.
24.
The hummingbird and the bee are both helping the flower with which characteristic of life?
a)
All living things are made of cells.
b)
All living things are maintain homeostasis.
c)
All living things reproduce.
d)
All living things require energy.
25.
The female clown fish has just laid the red eggs and the male is now about to finish the process of reproduction. Which type of reproduction is taking place?
a)
asexual reproduction (binary fission)
b)
asexual reproduction (budding)
c)
sexual reproduction (external fertilization)
d)
sexual reproduction (internal fertilization)
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