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Life Processes Quiz Check

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What life process allows living things to respond to their surroundings?

a)

sensitivity

b)

reproduction

c)

respiration

d)

growth

2.

A 7-pound baby becomes a 180-pound man

a)

Excretion

b)

Respiration

c)

Metabolism

d)

Growth

3.

What is the life process that gets rid of wastes from the body?

a)

Excretion

b)

Nutrition

c)

Respiration

d)

Sensitivity

4.

Which life process does this describe: organisms take in oxygen to turn food into energy?

a)

nutrition

b)

respiration

c)

excretion

d)

growth

5.

The obtaining and processing of food materials.

a)

respiration

b)

photosynthesis

c)

nutrition

d)

reproduction

6.

The ability of organisms to make more of their own kind.

a)

respiration

b)

growth and development

c)

movement

d)

reproduction

7.

Which of the following is true?

a)

only animals share the same life processes

b)

only plants share the same life processes

c)

only unicellular organisms share the same life processes

d)

all living things share the same life processes

8.

An __________ if all seven life processes are taking place.

a)

releases energy from food

b)

organism is alive

c)

mrs gren

d)

detect changes in the environment

9.

__________- Ability to move from one place to another.

a)

movement

b)

nutrition

c)

organism is alive

d)

reproduction

10.

__________ - A chemical process that releases energy from food.

a)

reproduction

b)

producing offspring

c)

nutrition

d)

respiration

11.

__________ - Becoming bigger until mature.

a)

releases energy from food

b)

growth

c)

nutrition

d)

organism is alive

12.

__________ - Producing offspring.

a)

excretion

b)

reproduction

c)

nutrition

d)

releases energy from food

13.

__________ - Getting rid of waste.

a)

excretion

b)

movement

c)

getting rid of waste

d)

reproduction

14.

A robot is __________ because it does not respire, grow, excrete or get food from the surroundings.

a)

alive

b)

excretion

c)

not alive

d)

taking in food

15.

Sunflowers were given their name because they turn to face the Sun. This is an example of which life process?

a)

Respiration

b)

Growth

c)

Excretion

d)

Movement

16.

Whales eat plankton and plants make their own food from sunlight. These are examples of which life process?

a)

Reproduction

b)

Nutrition

c)

Movement

d)

Sensitivity

17.

If you accidentally touch a very hot radiator and pull your hand back quickly, you are demonstrating which life process?

a)

Sensitivity

b)

Growth

c)

Nutrition

d)

Respiration

18.

Plants need to get rid of oxygen and animals need to get rid of carbon dioxide. In both cases they are getting rid of waste that they created. What is this process called?

a)

Respiration

b)

Growth

c)

Excretion

d)

Reproduction

19.

Which is not an example of reproduction?

a)

A dandelion produces and disperses its seeds

b)

A cat has kittens

c)

A large rock is crushed into thousands of small pieces of gravel

d)

A strawberry plant runner grows a new plantlet