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Characteristics of Living Things

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The characteristic of life that involves using oxygen to release energy from food is
a)
respire
b)
excrete
c)
assimilate
d)
respond
2.
The characteristic of life that removes wastes from your body is
a)
respire
b)
excrete
c)
assimilate
d)
respond
3.
The characteristic of life that makes a copy of an organism to continue a species is
a)
reproduce
b)
excrete
c)
assimilate
d)
respond
4.
The characteristic of life that collects information from around you and react to it is
a)
reproduce
b)
excrete
c)
assimilate
d)
respond
5.
The characteristic of life that takes in nutrients, change them and make them part of your body is
a)
reproduce
b)
excrete
c)
assimilate
d)
respond
6.
The characteristic of life that lets an organisms get larger, older or change form during a life cycle is
a)
reproduce
b)
excrete
c)
grow
d)
respond
7.

What is an organism?

a)

An organism is a non-living thing like air, water, and the sun.

b)

An organism is a living thing that can live on its own.

c)

An organisms is a living thing such as rocks and plants.

d)

An organism is a non-living thing like people, plants, and animals.

8.

What non living things do plants interact with for survival?

a)

insects, water, carbon dioxide

b)

insects, water, sunlight

c)

other plants, water, carbon dioxide

d)

water, sunlight, carbon dioxide

9.

A Potato

a)

Living

b)

Non- living

c)

1 potato 2 potato 3 potato 4

d)

Baked

10.

Air

a)

Crisp and refreshing

b)

Windy

c)

Living

d)

Non-Living

11.

An Amoeba

a)

Living

b)

Non-Living

c)

Has a sister

d)

Looks like a creature from space

12.

A Battery

a)

Living

b)

Non-Living

c)

Just keep going

d)

I'm dead

13.

Fire

a)

Hot

b)

Non-Living

c)

Living

d)

Chemical change

14.

Mold

a)

Is gross

b)

Living

c)

Non-living

d)

Smells bad

15.

Sunlight

a)

Living

b)

Bright

c)

Sunny

d)

Non-living

16.

Tree bark

a)

Is rough

b)

Non-living

c)

Living

d)

Rhymes with Free Shark

17.

A rock

a)

Listens to rock music

b)

Living

c)

Non-living

d)

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock

18.

A metal saucepan

a)

Listens to heavy metal music

b)

Living

c)

Non-living

d)

Dead as a doornail

19.

A cotton t-shirt

a)

Listens to soft music

b)

Living

c)

Non-living

d)

Dead as a doornail

20.

A pair of leather shoes

a)

Listens to soft music

b)

Living

c)

Non-living

d)

Dead as a doornail