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Characteristics of Living Things

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify all of the following that are living.

a)

Volcano

b)

Tree

c)

Sun

d)

Fungus

2.

Identify all of the following that are nonliving.

a)

Rock

b)

Oxygen

c)

Bacteria

d)

Battery

3.

Identify all of the following that are dead.

a)

Seaweed wrap on sushi

b)

Orange at the grocery store

c)

Potato on the vine

d)

Water in a cup

4.

Which characteristic of living things is represented in the picture?

a)

Maintains homeostasis

b)

Shares similar chemicals

c)

Responds to stimuli

d)

Made of cells

5.

Which characteristic of living things is represented in the picture?

a)

Share similar chemicals

b)

Grows and develops

c)

Responds to stimuli

d)

Evolves (as a population)

6.

Which characteristic of living things is represented in the picture?

a)

Reproduction

b)

Responds to Stimuli

c)

Shares similar chemicals

d)

Homeostasis

7.

Which characteristic of living things is represented in the picture?

a)

Respond to stimuli

b)

Grow and develop

c)

Evolution

d)

Made of cells

8.

Identify the characteristic: A cactus grows toward the sunlight coming through the window.

a)

Responds to stimuli

b)

Grow and develop

c)

Evolution

d)

Take in and use energy

9.
Cells from 2 parents unite to form a new individual.
a)
asexual reproduction
b)
sexual reproduction
c)
biosphere
d)
stimulus
10.
Which one of the following is a characteristic of life?
a)
Growth
b)
Breathing
c)
Expelling toxins
d)
Photosynthesis
11.
The basic unit of life is called a (n)
a)
atom
b)
compound
c)
cell
d)
energy
12.
In order to be considered living an organism must have
a)
blood
b)
cells
c)
brains
d)
hair
13.
A worm turns away from light is an example of a worm
a)
reproducing
b)
doing cellular respiration
c)
having cells
d)
responding to its environment
14.
Before a soccer game Charlie always eats a big dinner. Which characteristic of life does this face best describe? 
a)
living things use energy
b)
living things reproduce
c)
living things grow and develop
d)
living things are based on a universal genetic code
15.

Something has to breathe to be considered living.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Something has to move to be considered living.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Sexual reproduction involve the _______________

a)

one parent

b)

two parents

c)

fusion of male gamete and female gamete

d)

have same characteristic with parents

e)

have different characteristic with parents

18.

There are two types of fertilisation

a)

Internal fertilisation

b)

External fertilisation

c)

Asexual fertilisation

19.

Asexual reproduction involve

a)

two parents

b)

one parent

c)

produced large numbers of individuals

d)

same characteristics with parent

e)

different characteristics with parent

20.

Division of mature parents cell into two individual is called binary fission. Example :

a)

Hydra

b)

Yeast

c)

Amoeba

d)

Planaria

21.

Budding involved a parent forms buds. Example :

a)

Planaria

b)

Mushroom

c)

Amoeba

d)

Yeast

22.
The offspring from asexually reproduced organisms are?
a)
Different than their parents
b)
Identical to parents
c)
Like a combination from both parents
d)
A different species