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Characteristics of Living Things

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All living organisms are made up of one or more ____.

a)

Cells

b)

Bacteria

c)

Organs

d)

Tissues

2.
Living things require energy to survive.
a)
True
b)
False
3.

Living things do all the following EXCEPT:

a)

Respond to stimulus

b)

Grow and develop

c)

Maintain homeostasis

d)

Reproduce only sexually

4.

A/An ___________ organism, such as a bacterium or an amoeba, is made of only one cell.

a)

multicellular

b)

unicellular

c)

biotic

d)

abiotic

5.

Reproduction in which cells from 2 parents unite to form a new, unique individual.

a)

asexual reproduction

b)

sexual reproduction

c)

biosphere

d)

stimulus

6.
Which of the following characteristics of living things best explain a cat having a litter of kittens?
a)
living things respond to their environment
b)
living things maintain homeostasis
c)
living things reproduce
d)
living things are based on a genetic code
7.

Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why humans sweat when they get hot?

a)

maintaining homeostasis

b)

growth and development

c)

using energy

d)

ability to reproduce

8.

Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why your legs and arms get longer and stronger as you get older?

a)

living things respond to their environment

b)

living things maintain internal balance

c)

living things are made of cells

d)

living things grow and develop

9.

Before a soccer game Charlie always eats a big dinner. Which characteristic of life does this best describe?

a)

living things use energy

b)

living things reproduce

c)

living things grow and develop

d)

living things are organized

10.

This image is an example of which characteristic of life?

a)

Organisms grow and develop

b)

Organisms react to stimuli

c)

Organisms use and obtain energy

d)

Organisms are made up of cells

11.

Which characteristic of life is shown in the image?

a)

Organisms reproduce

b)

Organisms respond to stimuli

c)

Organisms use and obtain energy

d)

Organisms are made up of cells

12.

Which characteristic of life is shown in the image?

a)

Organisms reproduce

b)

Organisms react to stimuli

c)

Organisms use and obtain energy

d)

Organisms are made up of cells

13.

In the image shown, what is the response?

a)

the plant bending towards the light

b)

the light source

14.

In the image shown, what is the stimulus?

a)

the plant bending towards the light

b)

the light source

15.

Any living thing is called a/an _____________.

a)

organism

b)

cell

c)

matter

d)

atom

16.

An organism that consists of more than one cell is _________.

a)

unicellular

b)

multicellular

c)

fully grown

d)

asexual

17.

This picture is a good example of which characteristic of life?

a)

organization

b)

growth and development

c)

stimulus and response

d)

maintain homeostasis

18.

Animals eat food and plants use sunlight. Both are examples of how all living things use _____________.

a)

photosynthesis

b)

Cells

c)

Energy

d)

reproduction

19.

What is the balancing of an organism’s internal environment to keep internal conditions stable ?

a)

stimulus and response

b)

growth and development

c)

organization

d)

Homeostasis

20.

Which one of these is NOT one of the characteristics of living things?

a)

All living things get & use energy

b)

All living things respond to the environment

c)

All living things are organized

d)

All living things reproduce asexually

21.

Reproduction that involves only one parent, offspring are identical to the parent, DNA is exactly the same.

a)

sexual reproduction

b)

asexual reproduction

c)

non living reproduction

d)

living reproduction

22.

According to this food web, one place the fox obtains energy is from the _______________.

a)

owl

b)

deer

c)

rabbit

d)

bird

23.

The leaf at the beginning of this food chain obtains its energy from the ______________.

a)

sun

b)

caterpillar

c)

bird

d)

hawk

24.

Put a check beside the box of all organisms that reproduce asexually.

a)

hydra

b)

cat

c)

bacteria

d)

planaria

e)

sunflower

25.

Put a check beside all organisms that reproduce sexually.

a)

bacteria

b)

sunflower

c)

cat

d)

hydra

e)

planaria

26.

In the Lights On Lab, your pupil's _________ when the light was shined into your eye and ________ when the light was lowered from your eye.

a)

got smaller, got bigger

b)

got bigger, got smaller

c)

did not change; got smaller

d)

got smaller; did not change

27.

The purpose of the Light's On lab was to demonstrate one of the characteristics of living things. Which characteristic did this lab best demonstrate?

a)

All living things use energy.

b)

All living things are organized.

c)

All living things respond to stimuli.

d)

All living things grow and develop.

28.

In the Farmer's Almanac, the formula for calculating the temperature in Farenheit, based on cricket chirps, is as follows. Temperature = #of chirps in 14 seconds + 40. If a cricket chirped 37 times in 14 seconds, what would the outside temperature be?

a)

23 degrees

b)

54 degrees

c)

38 degrees

d)

77 degrees

29.

In the Farmer's Almanac, the formula for calculating the outside temperature in degrees Celsius is as follows. Temperature = # of chirps in 25 seconds/3 + 4. If a cricket chirps 72 times in 25 seconds, what would the outside temperature be in degreed Celsius?

a)

32 degrees

b)

28 degrees

c)

20 degrees

d)

42 degrees

30.

Based on the article "How To Tell Temperature Using Crickets," crickets are (cold/warm) blooded and chirp (more/less) when temperatures are warm.

a)

cold blooded; more

b)

cold blooded; less

c)

warm blooded; more

d)

warm blooded; less

31.

All living things have organization. Identify the correct order of organization from the simplest to most complex.

a)

tissue, organ system, cell, organ, organism

b)

organism, cell, organ, tissue, organ system

c)

cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism

d)

cell, tissue, organ system, organ, organism

32.
When many organ systems work together it can form...
a)
organ
b)
cells
c)
organ system
d)
organism 
33.
This is a example of ........
a)
cell
b)
organ system
c)
organ
d)
tissue
34.
This is a example of ........
a)
organ
b)
organ system
c)
tissue
d)
cell
35.
A group of similar types of cells that work together to do a specific job is called a/an _____.
a)
tissue
b)
organ
c)
stem cell
d)
organ system
36.
Which is an example of an organism?
a)
a beetle
b)
a lake
c)
a rock
d)
a shell
37.
This is a example of........ 
a)
organ system
b)
cells
c)
organ
d)
tissue
38.

A hollow, sealed glass sphere contains sand, water, air, algae, and tiny brine shrimp. The sphere is a model ecosystem. Which of these is a biotic factor of this ecosystem?

a)

air

b)

algae

c)

sand

d)

water

39.

Refer to the diagram. Which list includes abiotic factors only?

a)

Items A, C, D

b)

Items B, C, E

c)

Items A, D

d)

Items A, B, C, D, E

40.

What is the difference between the biotic and abiotic factors?

a)

Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are nonliving things.

b)

Biotic factors are nonliving things and abiotic factors are living things.