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Intro to Life Science Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the most basic unit of life?
a)
Tissue
b)
Cell
c)
Organ
d)
Organ System
2.
All living and non living things that interact in an area. 
a)
School
b)
Home
c)
Ecosystem
d)
environment 
3.

Living things that make up an ecosystem (i.e. animals, plants, and bacteria) is called _______

a)

abiotic factor

b)

biotic factor

c)

predator

d)

prey

4.
The idea that Earth's early oceans had organic molecules that became the first life is called the...
a)
Primordial soup hypothesis
b)
Bubble hypothesis
c)
Miller-Urey Experiment
d)
Radioactive dating theory
5.

This theory of the origin of life states that living things come from nonliving matter.

a)

spontaneous generation

b)

bubble hypothesis

c)

Primordial Soup theory

d)

Meteorite theory

6.

These scientists proved that organic molecules formed from inorganic molecules present in the Earth’s early atmosphere when given energy from lightening.

a)

lennon and mccartney

b)

watson and crick

c)

einstein and newton

d)

Miller and Urey

7.

The Earth was ‘seeded’ with life by other sources in the universe

a)

universal truth theory

b)

panspermia

c)

alien seeding theory

d)

meteor shower hypothesis

8.
A change in an organism's surroundings that causes it to react is called
a)
a stimulus.
b)
a response.
c)
development. 
d)
energy.
9.

A plant growing towards a light source is an example of which of the following?

a)

attracting a mate

b)

destroying infectious germs

c)

responding to a stimuli

d)

obtaining moisture from the air

10.

Identify all of the following that are nonliving.

a)

Rock

b)

Oxygen

c)

Bacteria

d)

Battery

11.
Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why your legs and arms get longer and stronger as you get older? 
a)
living things respond to their environment
b)
living things maintain internal balance
c)
living things are made of cells
d)
living things grow and develop
12.
Which of the following characteristics of living things best explain a cat having a litter of kittens?
a)
living things respond to their environment
b)
living things maintain homeostasis
c)
living things reproduce
d)
living things are based on a genetic code
13.
Which of the following characteristics of living things best explains why humans sweat when they get hot?
a)
maintaining a stable internal enviornment
b)
growth and development
c)
using energy
d)
ability to reproduce
14.

Which characteristic of living things is represented in the picture?

a)

Share similar chemicals

b)

Grows and develops

c)

Responds to stimuli

d)

Evolves (as a population)

15.
Autotroph or heterotroph?
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph