wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Characteristics of Life

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
2.
Light, smell, sound, and temperature are all examples of what? 
a)
Cells
b)
Stimuli
c)
Fungi
d)
Reactions
3.
All living things have an internal structure of ____________, which are the smallest unit of life. 
a)
Cells
b)
ATP
c)
Glucose
d)
Sugar
4.
You accidentally touch a hot burner and quickly pull your hand away. The burner is 
a)
homeostasis
b)
a reaction
c)
ATP
d)
a stimulus
5.
During ___________ conditions inside our body are kept stable (the same)
a)
homeopathic
b)
Homo sapian
c)
homeostasis
d)
homologous
6.
What does reproduce mean?
a)
They grow - get larger
b)
They are living things
c)
Organisms make other organisms
7.
All living things are composed of cells. 
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Living things need energy to survive?
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The basic unit of life is called a (n)
a)
atom
b)
compound
c)
cell
d)
energy
10.
Non-Living or Living?
a)
Living
b)
Non-Living
11.
Non-Living or Living?
a)
Living
b)
Non-Living
12.
Fire is living because it has 6 of the 8 characteristics of life. 
a)
True 
b)
False
13.
Multicellular means
a)
made of many cells
b)
made of one kind of cell
c)
made of only one cell
14.
The offspring from asexually reproduced organisms are?
a)
Different than their parents
b)
Identical to parents
c)
Like a combination from both parents
d)
A different species
15.
Which is a type of Asexual Reproduction
a)
Sexual 
b)
Binary fission
c)
Cells 
d)
organism