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Characteristics of Life & Levels of Life Organization QUIZiz

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

How do heterotrophs get the energy they need to survive?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

eating other organisms

c)

decomposing dead materials

d)

chemosynthesis

3.

How do heterotrophs get the energy they need to survive?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

eating other organisms

c)

decomposing dead materials

d)

chemosynthesis

4.
A _____ is something in the environment that causes an organism to respond.
a)
stimulus
b)
response
c)
cause
d)
effect
5.
When a baby kitten becomes an adult cat, this is an example of...
a)
energy metabolism
b)
growth and development
c)
response to stimuli
d)
having cells
6.

Reproduction that involves two cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism.

a)

Asexual

b)

Sexual

c)

Budding

d)

Division

7.

For single-celled organisms, _____ is

mostly an increase in size.


Multicellular organisms go through a

process called __________, where cells

divide and differentiate into different

kinds of cells.

a)

Evolve, respond to stimulus

b)

Expansion, progress

c)

Growth, development

d)

Production, evolution

8.

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

9.

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

a)

homeostasis

b)

equilibrium

c)

balance

d)

evenness

10.

Identify the characteristic: 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

11.

Identify the characteristic: A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.

a)

All living things adapt/respond to their environment

b)

All living things grow

c)

All living things have cells

d)

All living things use energy

12.
The dismissal bell rings and you pack up your belongings. In this scenario, what is the stimulus?
a)
The bell ringing
b)
You packing up your belongings
c)
More information is needed
13.
Fire is living because it has 6 of the 8 characteristics of life. 
a)
True 
b)
False
14.
Multicellular means
a)
made of many cells
b)
made of one kind of cell
c)
made of only one cell
15.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic shared by all living organisms?
a)
Ability to move
b)
Ability to grow and develop
c)
Made up of one or more cells
d)
Responds to stimuli
16.
Organisms, such as bacteria, are ______________ which means they consist of only a single cell.
a)
unicellular
b)
multicellular
c)
autotrophic
d)
heterotrophic
17.
Energy is required for all life processes. How do AUTOTROPHIC organisms obtain energy?
a)
They make their own food through the process of photosynthesis.
b)
They consume other organisms for energy.
c)
They break down dead and decaying materials.
d)
They absorb energy through osmosis.
18.
The ability of an organism to create offspring is ___________________________________.  
a)
reproduction
b)
evolution
c)
development
d)
growth
19.
______________________ is the scientific term for a living thing.
a)
organism
b)
cell
c)
photosynthesis
d)
DNA
20.
A plant growing towards the light is an example of 
a)
reproduction.
b)
responding to a stimuli.
c)
metabolism.
d)
homeostasis.
21.
A maggot changing into a fly is an example of 
a)
reproduction.
b)
growth and development.
c)
homeostasis.
d)
evolution.
22.
The maintenance of an organism’s internal environment is called:
a)
compensating
b)
homeostasis
c)
balancing
d)
routine
23.
What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
d)
How animals evolve throughout time.
24.
The image seen here is of a person shivering due to cold temperature. This is an example of an organism maintaining ________________ in action!
a)
Homeostasis
b)
Adaptations
c)
Evolution
d)
Development
25.
The process whereby an organism produces more of its own kind
a)
development
b)
adaptation
c)
homeostasis
d)
reproduction
26.
A plant using sunlight to make food to use or a deer eating leaves from a shrub are examples of
a)
universal genetic codes.
b)
organisms made of cells.
c)
responding to a stimulus.
d)
metabolism.
27.
 All organisms contain instruction molecules that help determine which traits the organism will have is an example of 
a)
universal genetic code (DNA/RNA)
b)
metabolism
c)
evolution
d)
growth and development
28.
Temperature and sunlight would be examples of ____________ factors within an environment.
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
29.
Define BIOLOGY.
a)
The study of life and living organisms.
b)
The study of animals.
c)
They study of matter.
d)
The study of earth and its atmosphere.
30.
The leaf in the picture is considered a (an) factor
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic

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