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The 5 major groups of organisms/charateristics of living things

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy from external sources are called
a)
autotrophs
b)
heterotrophs
c)
thylakoids
d)
plants
2.
Autotroph or heterotroph?
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
3.
What is an autotroph?
a)
an organism that can make their own food. 
b)
an organism that cannot make their own food
c)
Herbivore
d)
Omnivore
4.
Which type of cell?
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
5.
An organism that can make its own food
a)
Heterotroph
b)
Autotroph
c)
Herbivore
d)
Vegetarian
6.
What are humans?
a)
Prokaryote 
b)
Eukaryote 
7.
Organisms have specific needs to keep themselves living...which of the following is a need of life?
a)
water
b)
blood
c)
houses
d)
shoes
8.
true or false:  nonliving things cannot grow
a)
false
b)
true
9.
Organisms respond to ___________ factors such as sunlight, wind, and precipitation. 
a)
external
b)
internal
10.
Which kingdom would this organism belong to?
a)
Protista
b)
Plantae
c)
Animalia
d)
Fungi
11.
Which kingdom to humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
12.
made of a single cell
a)
multicellular
b)
eukaryotic
c)
prokaryotic
d)
unicellular
13.
an individual living thing capable of growing and reproducing
a)
tissue
b)
cell
c)
organism
d)
plant
14.
lacks a nucleus
a)
organelle
b)
prokaryotic
c)
multicellular
d)
animal
15.
genetic material is enclosed in a nucleus
a)
eukaryotic
b)
prokaryotic
c)
cell
d)
tissue
16.
made of many cells
a)
unicellular
b)
unicycle
c)
multicellular
d)
system
17.
Which of the following provides heat energy to living things?
a)
sun
b)
moon
c)
mars
d)
mercury
18.
The sun is the source of all ________________.
a)
power
b)
food
c)
energy
d)
life
19.
Is this living or nonliving?
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
20.
Is this living or nonliving?
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving