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Characteristics of Life

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

When you step 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 baby bird hatches from its egg with both parents watching.

a)

All living things reproduce

b)

All living things maintain homeostasis

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things grow

4.

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

5.

A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a buttterfly

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things respond to their environment

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things grow

6.

An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things contain cells

c)

All living things respond to their environment

d)

All living things grow

7.

A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset.

a)

All living things have cells

b)

All living things respond to their environment

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things grow.

8.

Over three years, Tim's height has increased from 5'4" to 5' 11"

a)

All living things grow

b)

All living things use energy

c)

All living things contain cells

d)

All living things maintain homeostasis

9.

The roots of a plant grow towards a source of ground water.

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things respond to their environment

c)

All living things reproduce

d)

All living things grow

10.

Over many hundreds of years, a population of rabbits living in the woods adapt to its surrounding with brown fur.

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things grow

c)

All living things have cells

d)

All living things adapt to their enviornment