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Living vs Nonliving

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Is this specimen living or nonliving? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
2.
Is this specimen living or nonliving? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
3.
Is this specimen living or nonliving? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
4.
Is this specimen living or nonliving? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
5.
Which of the following is true for ALL living things? 
a)
All living things can move independently.
b)
All living things need insulin to survive.
c)
All living things have brain cells.
d)
All living things grow.
6.
Which of the following is true for ALL living things? 
a)
All living things eat other organisms to survive.
b)
All living things have muscle fibers.
c)
All living things need oxygen.
d)
All living things reproduce.
7.
All living things use energy.
a)
True.
b)
False.
8.
Which of the following is a term for a "living thing?"
a)
Biotic factor
b)
Abiotic factor
c)
Biome
d)
Organ
9.
Is a virus living or nonliving? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
c)
Scientists cannot decide: viruses show some characteristics of living things, and some of nonliving things
10.
Is yeast living or nonliving? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
c)
Scientists cannot decide: viruses show some characteristics of living things, and some of nonliving things
11.
Why do we breathe? 
a)
We need oxygen to produce energy, which we need to be alive.
b)
We need oxygen to repair tissues.
c)
We need oxygen to digest food.
d)
We need oxygen to fight off pathogens.
12.

Which list contains only non living things in an environment?

a)

Snails, water, mushrooms

b)

Soil, trees, worms

c)

Sunlight, water, soil

d)

Rocks, snails, grass

13.

Which of the following is a living organism?

a)

A rock

b)

A mountain

c)

Air

d)

A plant

14.

Non-living things can breathe.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What part of this environment is non-living?

a)

Fish

b)

Plants

c)

Water

d)

Snail

16.
Living things need air, water, and ______ to survive.
a)
computers
b)
food
c)
animals
d)
school
17.

_____ are the smallest unit of structure and function in an organism. They are the building blocks of all living things.

a)

atoms

b)

cells

c)

molecules

d)

organelles

18.

All living things need _________ to breath.

a)

water

b)

food

c)

air

d)

carbon dioxide

19.

All living things ____________ and get bigger.

a)

grow

b)

play

c)

sleep

d)

walk

20.
A Person
a)
Living 
b)
Nonliving
21.
Air
a)
Living 
b)
Nonliving
22.
Grass
a)
Living 
b)
Nonliving
23.

Rocks

a)

Living

b)

Non-Living

24.

Cat

a)

Living

b)

Non-living

25.

Cell Phone

a)

Living

b)

Non-living

26.
A Komodo Dragon
a)
Living 
b)
Nonliving
27.

Robot

a)

Living

b)

Nonliving

28.

Butterfly

a)

Living

b)

Nonliving

29.

Parrot

a)

Living

b)

Nonliving

30.

Water

a)

Living

b)

Nonliving

31.

Hammer

a)

Living

b)

Nonliving

32.

Duck

a)

Living

b)

Nonliving

33.

Penguin

a)

Living

b)

Nonliving

34.

Zebra

a)

Living

b)

Nonliving