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Chapter 4.1 6th Grade Test Review (What is Life?)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are 6 characteristics all living things share?

a)

Energy Use, Growth & Development, Chemicals of Life, Food, Water, Shelter

b)

Growth and Development, Food, Water, Shelter, Chemicals of Life, Reproduction

c)

Chemicals of Life, Reproduction, Food, Water, Living Space, Energy Use

d)

Chemicals of Life, Energy Use, Growth & Development, Cellular Organization, Reproduction, Stimulus & Response

2.

How did Redi’s experiment help disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?

a)

species gradually change over time

b)

living things do not arise from nonliving material

c)

maintain homeostasis

d)

species gradually change over time

3.

What are the four basic needs all living things must satisfy?

a)

Stable internal conditions, food, water, living space

b)

Stable internal conditions, energy use, reproduction, shelter

c)

Homeostasis, shelter, growth and development, reproduction

d)

Homeostasis, stimulus and response, cellular organization, growth and development

4.

Describe the difference between growth and development.

a)

Growth means becoming more complex. Development means getting bigger.

b)

Growth means responding to stimuli. Development means getting bigger.

c)

Development means becoming more mature. Growth means your size changes.

d)

Development means becoming more complex. Growth means getting bigger.

5.

A change in an organism’s environment that causes the organism to react is called a(n) ________________.

a)

response

b)

homeostasis

c)

development

d)

stimulus

6.

Organisms that make their own food, such as green plants, are _______________

a)

heterotrophs

b)

autotrophs

c)

unicellular

d)

multicelluar

7.

______________organisms are composed of many cells. We do not need a microscope to see these organisms.

a)

autotrophic

b)

heterotrophic

c)

multicelluar

d)

unicellular

8.

_______________ is the mistaken idea that living organisms arise from nonliving sources.

a)

homeostasis

b)

spontaneous generation

c)

stimulus and response

d)

manipulated variable

9.

All living things are called __________________________.

a)

heterotrophs

b)

producers

c)

unicellular

d)

organisms

10.

During ____________ reproduction, genetic material is received from BOTH parents.

a)

asexual

b)

sexual

c)

spontaneous generation

d)

homeostasis

11.

The __________________________ is the basic unit of structure in an organism.

a)

atom

b)

air

c)

food

d)

cell

12.

Organisms that get energy by consuming other organisms are __________________________.

a)

multicellular

b)

unicellular

c)

autotrophs

d)

heterotophs

13.

An organism reacts to a stimulus with a(n) ____________.

a)

structure

b)

response

c)

development

d)

metabolism

14.

A(n) __________________________ is conducted by performing multiple tests that are identical except for one factor that the scientist changes on purpose called the _____________________.

a)

controlled experiment, constant

b)

controlled experiment, dependent variable

c)

controlled experiment, manipulated variable

d)

controlled experiment, responding variable

15.

An organism’s ability to maintain stable internal conditions is called __________________________.

a)

metabolism

b)

homeostasis

c)

stimulus

d)

development

16.

To __________________________ is to produce offspring that are similar to the parents.

a)

response

b)

reproduce

c)

develop

d)

grow

17.

Microscopic organisms such as bacteria are __________________________ organisms

made of only one cell. They are thought to be the most numerous organisms on Earth.

a)

autotrophic

b)

multicellular

c)

unicellular

d)

herbivore

18.

The chemicals of life are: ______________, ______________, and _____________.

a)

water, carbon dioxide, lipids

b)

nucleic acids, protein, nitrogen

c)

water, nucleic acids, carbohydrates

d)

carbohydrates, helium, lipids

19.

Offspring that are identical to the parent would have been produced by __________ reproduction.

a)

sexual

b)

asexual

c)

metabolism

d)

homeostasis

20.

The breaking down and building up of materials is the process called _______________.

a)

metabolism

b)

homeostasis

c)

stimulus

d)

heterotrophic