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Characteristics of Living Things Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Biology, we are going to study about..

a)

Biotic organisms

b)

Abiotic components

c)

Atoms and molecules

d)

How human behave as social creatures.

2.

All living things are made up of cells. Living things that only consist of one cell is called..

a)

Abiotic components

b)

Unicellular organisms

c)

Multicellular organisms

d)

Autotroph organisms

3.

Which organism is not multicellular?

a)

b)

c)

d)

4.

Autotroph organisms receives nutrients trough..

a)

Feeding

b)

Consuming other organsims

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Excretion

5.

Which organism has a different method of obtaining nutrition?

a)

b)
c)

d)

6.

Nutrition is the process by which organisms take is food and convert it into ...

a)

new protoplasm

b)

new muscles

c)

new fats

d)

new skin

7.

The purpose of respiration is to gain..

a)

energy

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

water

d)

waste materials

8.

Plants inhale (menghirup) ... , and exhale (menghembuskan) ... during respiration.

a)

oxygen, water

b)

carbon dioxide, water

c)

carbon dioxide, oxygen

d)

oxygen, carbon dioxide

9.

The respiratory organ of this organism is..

a)

Gills

b)

Lungs

c)

Moist skin

d)

Trachea

10.

Why does excretory system need to throw away excretory products?

a)

Because they prevent growth and development of living things.

b)

Because they are useless and can be harmful for the body.

c)

Because they can be recycled for a better environment.

d)

Because they are the results of all metabolic reactions.

11.

These are examples of excretory products, except..

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Mineral salts

c)

Oxygen

d)

Water

12.

... may make an organism more complex or even change its form.

a)

Cells

b)

Growth

c)

Development

d)

Movement

13.

These are signs of growth, except...

a)

Children are getting taller every year.

b)

Cat owners have to groom their pet's nails.

c)

You have to go to the salon every once in a while to shorten your hair.

d)

Jellyfish has several different forms throughout its life cycle.

14.

From this short clip we can see an example of..

a)

Locomotion

b)

Movement

c)

Growth

d)

Development

15.

Which one is not an example of movement?

a)

A venus flytrap which is eating an insect.

b)

A dog scratching its ears with its leg.

c)

A student raising her hand to ask a question.

d)

A mother doing grocery shopping in a market.

16.

All living things should be able to move on its own (without external forces). Plants are categorized into living things because..

a)

They can perform movement and locomotion.

b)

They can only perform movement.

c)

They can only perform locomotion.

d)

No, plants are not living things.

17.

In reproduction, some characteristics are passed on from the ... to their ..

a)

outside, organs.

b)

offspring, parents

c)

Parents, offspring

d)

inside, organs.

18.

A reproduction method where the baby is supported by placenta during pregnancy and born without egg is..

a)

Viviparous

b)

Oviparous

c)

Ovoviviparous

d)

Carnivorous

19.

This is a general knowledge questions. These organisms are oviparous, except..

a)

b)

c)

d)

20.

Sensitivity is the ability of living things to respond to changes in the environment, or also called..

a)

Waste products

b)

Protoplasm

c)

Stimuli

d)

Heterotroph

21.

You were cooking a yummy dish when your finger accidentally touch the hot pan. In this case, the sensory organ that detected the stimuli is..

a)

the eye.

b)

the tongue.

c)

the nose.

d)

the skin.

22.

There are 3 categories of adaptation. This picture shows different bird feet shapes according to the bird's habitat and food. Therefore, this is an example of..

a)

Behavioral adaptation

b)

Structural adaptation

c)

Physiological adaptation

d)

Logical adaptation

23.

Let's move on to rules of writing scientific names. There are usually two words in a scientific name. We need to write down the first letter of the second word in..

a)

Capital letter

b)

Small letter

c)

Bold

d)

Different color

24.

The right way to write a scientific name is shown by..

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

25.

This picture shows the scientific name of great white sharks, written in a wrong way. How would you fix it?

a)

Change the first letter in charcharias into capital letter.

b)

Change the first letter in charcharodon into capital letter.

c)

Underline the two words using a single line.

d)

Underline the two words separately.