WorksheetsLab Safety, Characteristics & Needs of Living Things
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
People thought that living things came from non-living things. Because people say mice live in hay, mice come from hay. (True or False)
true
false
Francis Redi tested the theory of Spontaneous Generation with what three things?
frogs water & mud
meat, plants & energy
jars, meat & flies
mold, bacteria & yeast
Organisms that get energy by consuming other organisms are
plants
autotrophs
heterotrophs
producers
All living things are called
unicellular
organisms
multicellular
bacteria
The process where an organism's cells increase in size and/or number is
development
reproduction
growth
spontaneous generation
Organisms compete with each other for space to live. True or False?
true
false
Which characteristic of life is NOT necessary to the survival of an individual organism
growth
reproduction
contain one or more cells
use energy
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life?
cellular orginazation
using energy
movement
reproduction
A change in an organism's surroundings that causes it to react is called
response
a stimulus
energy
development
Which of the following do ALL living things need to survive?
water
oxygen
sunlight
carbon dioxide
Homeostasis refers to an organism's ability to
obtain energy
compete for living space
maintain relatively stable internal conditions
dissolve chemicals
The process of change that occurs during an organism's life to produce a more complex organism is called
development
reproduction
growth
spontaneous generation
Which is the most abundant chemical found in living things?
carbohydrates
proteins
water
nucleic acid
A plant growing toward light is an example of
development
a response
reproduction
stimulus
The mistaken idea that living things arise from nonliving sources is known as
reproduction
binomial nomenclature
homeostasis
spontaneous generation
An organism that makes its own food is called a(n)
heterotroph
autotroph
eukaryote
prokaryote
When heating a solution in a test tube, a student should
point the test tube in any direction
wear goggles
cork the test tube so no gas can escape
hold the test tube with two fingers
A student performing an experiment noticed that the beaker containing water being heated had a small crack. It was not leaking. What should the student do?
Stop heating the beaker and try to fix the crack.
Stop heating the beaker and report the crack to the teacher.
Stop heating the beaker and try to fix the crack.
Continue heating as long as the liquid does not start to leak out of the crack.
If a student spills acid on the floor in the lab, he should FIRST
allow the acid to evaporate
report the incident to the teacher
use paper towels to clean it up
use paper towels to clean it up
