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Living Things and their needs

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An example of a nonliving thing is

a)

a plant

b)

a leaf

c)

a rock

d)

a wooden door

2.

An example of a living thing

a)

a phone

b)

a song

c)

a computer

d)

a turtle

3.

All living things need

a)

gases, food, water, and space

b)

water, oxygen, and nutrients

c)

water, carbon dioxide, and nutrients

d)

cells, air, and nutrients

4.

Living things need gases, water, and ______ to survive.

a)
computers
b)
food
c)
animals
d)

movement

5.

Everything is classified as either

a)

slippery or dry

b)

living or nonliving

c)

hard or soft

d)

yummy or gross

6.

An example of a living thing is

a)

a rock

b)

a spoon

c)

a desk

d)

a plant

7.

An example of a nonliving thing is

a)

a child

b)

a mushroom

c)

soil

d)

a mosquito

8.

A living thing can reproduce. What does the word REPRODUCE mean?

a)

to make more of one's own kind

b)

to dig a hole in the ground

c)

to move from place to place

d)

to find something to eat

9.

How do we know that trees are living things?

a)

trees can grow

b)

trees can move from place to place

c)

trees can sleep

d)

trees are tall

10.
All living things use energy.
a)
True.
b)
False.
11.

An organism is

a)

a lving thing

b)

the basic building block that makes up all living things

c)

an animal that does not have a backbone

d)

the source of energy

12.

An environment is

a)

a living thing

b)

an animal with a backbone

c)

all the living and nonliving things that surround an organism

d)

a substance that helps an organism live

13.

A cell is

a)

a living thing

b)

the basic building block that makes up all living things

c)

all the living and nonliving things that surround an organism

d)

a gas that plants and animals use

14.

What is the special tool that makes small things look larger?

a)

telescope

b)

microscope

c)

periscope

d)

microphone

15.

What is another name for "changing with age"?

a)

responding

b)

energizing

c)

growing

d)

reproducing

16.

What happens when a plant responds to sunlight?

a)

it bends toward the light

b)

it retains water

c)

it covers itself with flowers

d)

all the leaves get larger

17.

Trees reproduce by forming

a)

seeds

b)

leaves

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

18.

To react to the world around you is

a)

environment

b)

respond

c)

organism

d)

grows

19.

Which of the following is needed by living things to survive?

a)

gases

b)

space

c)

water

d)

all of these

20.

What is oxygen?

a)

A gas needed for cars.

b)

A gas for chickens

c)

A gas found in air and water that plants and animals need to live.

21.

Which statement about a green plant is TRUE?

a)

The roots take in sunlight.

b)

The flowers support the plant.

c)

The leaves make food.

d)

The plant cannot make food.

22.

Look at the drawing of a plant. Which part provides support for this plant?

a)

leaves

b)

roots

c)

flowers

d)

stem

23.

What is one function of a plant’s roots?

a)

They keep the plant in the ground.

b)

They make food for the plant.

c)

They give off water and minerals.

d)

They make seeds for new plants.

24.

Which part of a plant brings water to all the other parts of the plant?

a)

roots

b)

stem

c)

leaves

d)

flowers

25.

Which part of a plant absorb water from the soil?

a)

leaves

b)

roots

c)

flowers

d)

stem

26.

How do plants get water to their leaves?

a)

The roots absorb water from the soil and transport water to the leaves.

b)

The stem transports water to the flowers, then the flowers transport water to the leaves.

c)

The roots transport water to the stem, then the stem transports water to the leaves.

d)

The stem absorbs water from the soil and transports water to the leaves.

27.

The different parts of a plant are labelled R, S, T and U as shown below. Which part is the letter R?

a)

root

b)

stem

c)

leaf

d)

flower

28.
Which part of the plant makes the food?
a)
roots
b)
stem
c)
leaf
d)
flower
29.
What part of the plant is #2?
a)
leaf
b)
flower
c)
stem
d)
root
30.

What is the part labelled 'C' called?

a)

Stem

b)

Roots

c)

Leaves

d)

Fruit

31.

Plants change carbon dioxide and water into food by using the energy of the

a)

food

b)

soil

c)

sun

d)

leaves

32.

Leaves have tiny holes that take in carbon dioxide.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Plants get energy from the (a)   to make food.

34.

Leaves are important because ___ is made in the leaves.

a)

fruit

b)

water

c)

food

d)

nothing

35.

A tree has a hard, woody stem called

a(n) ___.

a)

truck

b)

trunk

c)

taproot

d)

tube

36.

When you breathe, you take in ___ that plants release.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

sunlight

c)

food

d)

oxygen

37.

Stems have ___ that carry food and

water through a plant.

a)

bags

b)

cars

c)

tubes

d)

chlorophyll

38.

Roots take in ___ that help plants grow

and stay healthy.

a)

sugar

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

oxygen

d)

nutrients

39.

Roots, stems, and leaves help a plant get what it

needs in order to ___.

a)

survive

b)

fly

c)

sleep

d)

study

40.

To distinguish between living and nonliving things, all living things

a)

respond to their environment, grow, need nutrients and air, reproduce, and need space

b)

are known by their movement and need for nutrients

c)

can sit still for a long period of time

d)

have a smell

41.

I can test an object to see if it is nonliving by asking

a)

does it move when thrown, is it heavy, is it slippery?

b)

did it grow, can it reproduce, does it need nutrients, and is it made up of cells?

c)

is it pretty, is it hard, is it dry?

d)

is it made up of elements, does it eat?

42.
Is this living or nonliving?
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
43.
Is this living or nonliving?
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
44.
Is this living or nonliving?
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
45.
Is this living or nonliving?
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving