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Characteristics of Life Practice Questions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

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.
A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching.
a)
All living things reproduce
b)
All living things maintain homeostasis
c)
All living things use energy
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.
A plant growing towards the light is an example of 
a)
reproduction.
b)
responding to a stimuli.
c)
metabolism.
d)
homeostasis.
6.
What is a all of the changes that take place during the life of an organism?
a)
Reproduction
b)
Organism
c)
Development
d)
Homeostasis
7.
What is an organism whose entire body is only 1 cell known as?
a)
unicellular
b)
multicellular
c)
cell
d)
Homeostasis
8.

What is an increase in the amount of living material (size) and/or the formation of new structures ?

a)

Reproduction

b)

Growth and develop

c)

adaptation and evolution

d)

Homeostasis

9.
All living things grow and develop. 
a)
True
b)
False
10.

Define Metabolism:

a)

maintain a stable internal environment

b)

two parents produces an offspring

c)

takes in food and changes it to energy

d)

develop and grow

11.

Define homeostasis:

a)

maintain a stable internal environment

b)

two parents produces an offspring

c)

takes in food and changes it to energy

d)

develop and grow

12.

An orange is considered ______

a)

living

b)

nonliving

13.

An egg in the grocery store is considered ______

a)

living

b)

nonliving

14.
A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.
a)
All living things adapt to their environment
b)
All living things grow
c)
All living things have cells
d)
All living things use energy
15.
The scientific name for something living is a(an)
a)
organism
b)
cell
c)
tissue
d)
human
16.
Living things respond to heat, light, and sound.  This means they respond to:
a)
stimuli/ environment
b)
suction
c)
Dr. Suess
d)
digestion
17.

During reproduction our body are kept stable (the same)

a)

true

b)

false

18.

In a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning writing:

a)

requires evidence only

b)

requires reasoning only

c)

each evidence requires a reasoning

19.

In a Claim, Evidence and Reasoning writing:

a)

A claim is a statement that answers a question

b)

A claim is a question

c)

A claim is an opinion about a topic

20.

Reproduction that only involves one parent and all offspring are identical; for example, binary fission of bacteria or amoebas.

a)

Asexual

b)

Sexual

c)

Division

d)

Addition