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Characteristics of Living Things and Scientific Method

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the most basic unit of life?
a)
cell
b)
tissue
c)
organ
d)
organ system
2.
The scientific name for something living is a(an)
a)
organism
b)
cell
c)
tissue
d)
human
3.
An organism made of one cell is called
a)
unicellular
b)
multicellular
4.
It is hot outside. You start sweating. In this case, the hot weather is the...
a)
stimulus
b)
response
c)
cause and effect
d)
responder
5.

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

a)

homeostasis

b)

equilibrium

c)

balance

d)

evenness

6.

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things contain cells

c)

All living things maintain homeostasis

d)

All living things grow

7.

Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things contain cells

c)

All living things maintain homeostasis

d)

All living things grow

8.

A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things reproduce

b)

All living things maintain homeostasis

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things grow

9.

A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things grow

c)

All living things have cells

d)

All living things use energy

10.
Rocks are not living because
a)
they never move
b)
they aren't needed for humans
c)
they are not made of cells
d)
they don't break down
11.
A worm turns away from light is an example of a worm
a)
reproducing
b)
doing cellular respiration
c)
having cells
d)
responding to its environment
12.

Which of the following is an example of homeostasis?

a)

adapting to your environment

b)

maintaining an appropriate respiration rate

c)

the sum of all of your chemical reactions

d)

being composed of more than one cell

13.

Which of the following is a stimulus?

a)

removing your hand from a hot stove

b)

swinging a bat at a baseball

c)

screaming when something scares you

d)

a ball moving from the pitching mound to home plate towards a batter

14.

Which of the following is a response?

a)

a flashlight shined into the eye

b)

a rubber band popping your hand

c)

your pupils constricting when exposed to bright light

d)

blood glucose levels drop significantly

15.

Over three years, Tim's height has increased from 5'4" to 5'11". Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things contain cells

b)

All living things maintain homeostasis

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things grow

16.

An adult hydra is producing its offspring through budding. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things use energy

b)

All living things reproduce

c)

All living things contain cells

d)

All living things grow

17.

Over many hundreds of years, a population of rabbits living in the woods adapts to its surrounding with brown fur. Which characteristic of life does this represent?

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things grow

c)

All living things use energy

d)

All living things have cells

18.
When a baby kitten becomes an adult cat, this is an example of...
a)
energy metabolism
b)
growth and development
c)
response to stimuli
d)
having cells
19.

Which option is living?

a)

Trees and leaves

b)

Rocks

c)

Lake

d)

Fire

20.

Movement is a good way to determine if something is living.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

All of the following are characteristics of all living things EXCEPT

a)

Respond to stimulus

b)

Grow and develop

c)

Made of cells

d)

Movement

22.

Fire has 6 of the 8 characteristics of life, which means it is living.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Something that has never shown the characteristics of life and never will:

a)

dormant

b)

nonliving

c)

living

d)

dead

24.

A football player perspires during a football game. The sweat is a cooling mechanism. What is this an example of?

a)

Digestion

b)

Mitosis

c)

Homeostasis

d)

Respiration

25.

You are growing a tomato plant in your house. Which of the following would the plant probably do to help maintain homeostasis?

a)

Grow away from the light coming from the window

b)

Grow toward the light coming from the window

c)

Growth is not affected by the light coming from the window

26.

Science can change and is a continually ongoing process.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

What step does every scientific experiment begin with?

a)

hypothesis

b)

question/problem

c)

background research

d)

conclusion

28.

Which of these contains the steps of the scientific method in the correct order?

a)

Ask a question, do background research, state your hypothesis, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion, retest

b)

State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, conduct an experiment, analyze data, make a conclusion, retest.

c)

Ask a question, state your hypothesis, do background research, conduct an experiment, retest, make a conclusion, analyze data

d)

State your hypothesis, ask a question, do background research, make a conclusion, conduct an experiment, analyze data

29.
Should experiments be repeated over and over to see if the results are the same each time?
a)
yes
b)
no
30.
The summary at the end of an experiment that explains the results. 
a)
conclusion
b)
procedures
c)
materials
d)
responding variable
31.

The __________________________________ is the organized way scientists answer questions and solve problems.

a)

scientific method

b)

scientific explanation

c)

scientific notation

d)

scientific guesses

32.
Another word for prediction or educated guess is: ________________
a)
hypothesis
b)
conclusion
c)
experiment
d)
data
33.
A hypothesis is based on observations and research
a)
True
b)
False

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