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Classifying Living things

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All living things are made up of ____________.

a)

matter

b)

cells

c)

organisns

d)

energy

2.
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
3.
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
4.
The place where an organism lives is called its?
a)
Home
b)
Habitat
c)
Area
d)
Shelter
5.
A consumer?
a)
Makes its own food
b)
Eats dead plants and animals
c)
Eats plants and other animals for energy
d)
Buys toys for kids
6.
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
7.
a)
Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Decomposer
8.
A producer?
a)
Eats other plants and animals
b)
Makes its own food
c)
Eats dead plants or animals
d)
Makes toys for kids
9.
Examples of producers are...
a)
cats and dogs
b)
plants, trees, and shrubs
c)
cows and plants
d)
plants and dogs
10.
Without the ________, all living things would die. 
a)
animals
b)
trees
c)
sun
11.
What is a consumer?
a)
Organism that makes its own energy
b)
Organism that breaks down dead organisms
c)
Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy
12.
When many organ systems work together it can form...
a)
organ
b)
cells
c)
organ system
d)
organism 
13.

A change in an organism's environment that causes the organism to respond is a(n):

a)

Producer

b)

Stimulus

c)

Response

d)

Metabolism

14.

Which is NOT a characteristic of Living Things?

a)

Made of cells

b)

Has a heart

c)

Reproduces

d)

Grows and develops

15.

Unicellular or Multicellular?

Paramecium

a)

Unicellular

b)

Multicellular

16.

Unicellular or Multicellular?

Chinchilla

a)

Unicellular

b)

Multicellular

17.
Multicellular Organisms
a)
Made of 1 cell
b)
Made of more than 1 cell
18.

Is composed of a single cell

a)

Unicellular

b)

Multicellular

c)

Both

19.

What do you call organisms that can make their own food?

a)

heterotophs

b)

autotrophs

c)

trophies

20.

Organisms that cannot make their own food and must get energy from eating other organisms are called...

a)

autotrophs

b)

heterotrophs

c)

plants

21.
Which organisms perform Photosynthesis?
a)
Only Autotrophs
b)
Only Heterotrophs
c)
Autotrophs and Heterotrophs
22.

What is an insect?

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

23.

Match the following examples of how a plant is a living thing to the characteristic.

a)
1.

Living things are made of cells.

b)

A plant grows towards sunlight.

2.

Living things respond to stimuli.

c)

Plants make their own food through photosynthesis.

3.

Living things need and use energy.

d)

A plant sprouts and increases in height.

4.

Living things grow and develop.

e)

A plant makes fruits which have seeds to make other plants.

5.

Living things produce offspring (reproduce).

24.

Which is NOT a characteristic of Living Things?

a)

Organized

b)

Does not use energy

c)

Reproduces

d)

Grows and develops

25.

Which is NOT a characteristic of Living Things?

a)

Respond to their environment

b)

Has DNA

c)

Breathes

d)

Uses Energy