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Characteristics of life (Real quiz)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 21mins

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.
Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
3.
A pill bug (roly poly) eats a carrot.
a)
All living things contain cells
b)
All living things use energy
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
4.
A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.
a)
All living things adapt to their environment
b)
All living things use energy
c)
All living things respond to their environment
d)
All living things grow
5.
Over three years, Tim's height has increased from 5'4" to 5'11".
a)
All living things contain cells
b)
All living things maintain homeostasis
c)
All living things use energy
d)
All living things grow
6.
Over many hundreds of years, a population of rabbits living in the woods adapts to its surrounding with brown fur.
a)
All living things adapt to their environment
b)
All living things grow
c)
All living things use energy
d)
All living things have cells
7.

Living things are made up of units called

a)

DNA

b)

Cells

c)

Homeostasis

d)

Seeds

8.

Living things are based on a universal genetic

code. What molecule is responsible for that code?

a)

RNA

b)

Lipid

c)

Protein

d)

DNA

9.

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

a)

homeostasis

b)

equilibrium

c)

balance

d)

evenness

10.
Rocks are not living because
a)
they never move
b)
they aren't needed for humans
c)
they are not made of cells
d)
they don't break down
11.

The combination of chemical reactions through

which an organism builds up or breaks down

materials as it carries out its life processes is called ...

a)

absorption

b)

metabolism

c)

digestion

d)

consumption

12.
All living things ____ to make more living things.
a)
adapt
b)
develop
c)
grow
d)
reproduce
13.
One single organism is known as an ___________.
a)
Individual
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
14.
Which of the following is a population?
a)
an elephant
b)
a forest
c)
the savannah
d)
pack of wolves
15.
The entire Earth including all living things and anything that will impact life is known as the ___________.
a)
Biome
b)
Biosphere
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
16.
The part of Earth where organisms can live.
a)
biotic factors
b)
biosphere
c)
ecology
d)
biology
17.
A __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment. 
a)
population
b)
niche
c)
abitotic
d)
ecosystem
18.
Identify the examples as: a organism, population, community, or ecosystem.
A beautiful butterfly.
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
19.
Identify the examples as: a organism, population, community, or ecosystem.
Water, Fish, Turtles, Oxygen, Rocks and Moss interacting in a river system.
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
20.
All organisms of the same species living in the same area.
a)
Population
b)
Community
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Organism
21.

All of the different living organisms found in the same area.

a)

Organism

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecosystem

22.
All living things have an internal structure of ____________, which are the smallest unit of life. 
a)
Cells
b)
ATP
c)
Glucose
d)
Sugar
23.

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

24.
During ___________ conditions inside our body are kept stable (the same)
a)
homeopathic
b)
Homo sapian
c)
homeostasis
d)
homologous
25.
What does reproduce mean?
a)
They grow - get larger
b)
They are living things
c)
Organisms make other organisms
26.
Living things need energy to survive?
a)
True
b)
False
27.
What is another word that can be used to describe "homeostasis"?
a)
STABLE
b)
EQUAL
c)
COMPLETE
d)
CORRECT
28.

TRUE or FALSE: An ecosystem contains only living factors.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

29.

The fox family represents a (n)--

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

30.

Which of the following levels of biology does not include any smaller levels?

a)

Cells

b)

Populations

c)

Biosphere

d)

Molecules

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