NEW
Font size
WorksheetsCharacteristics and Needs of Living Things Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins
A(n) ___________ is a living thing.
rock
organism
table
pencil
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?
Made of cells
Water
Reproduces
Responds to surroundings
Which of the following is NOT a need of living things?
Water
Food
Stable Internal Conditions
Grows and Develops
The prefix "uni" means ________.
One
Many
More than one
A bacteria is an example of a _______________ organism.
multicellular
unicellular
The prefix "multi" means ________.
One
More than one
A penguin is an example of a ______________ organism.
unicellular
single-celled
multicellular
Every living thing needs food to survive. Living things obtain their nutrients in different ways. Autotrophs are organisms who __________________________________.
cannot make their own food.
can make their own food.
A human is an example of a(n) ___________________, an organism who cannot make their own food.
heterotroph
autotroph
Identify the stimulus: You are walking home from school one day when a large dog jumps out at you from behind a tree. He starts to growl and shows his teeth. You quickly turn around and walk in the opposite direction.
Dog growling and showing teeth
Walking in opposite direction
Walking home from school
Tree
Identify the response using the horse and water bucket.
hunger
thirst
drinking
smelling
This scientist showed that that flies breed and lay eggs and do not, as was popularly believed, spontaneously generate.
Virchow
Chargaff
Redi
Avery
What is the idea that life can arise form nonliving material?
biogenesis
evolution
spontaneous combustion
spontaneous generation
This scientist used broth to show that bacteria does not arise from spontaneous generation.
Francesco Redi
Virchow
Einstein
Louis Pasteur
The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:
compensating
homeostasis
balancing
routine
