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Characteristics & Needs of Living Things

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 5hrs 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the four things that all living things NEED to survive?

a)
Air, water, friends and sleep
b)
Air, water, food and love
c)
Air, water, food and shelter
d)
Water, food and shelter
2.

A need is something a living thing must have to live.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Plants, animals and people are not living things.

a)

True

b)

False

4.
A ___________ organism is made of only one cell.
a)
unicycle
b)
unicellular
c)
unicorn
d)
uni-brow
5.
All living things are made of
a)
Glue
b)
Sparkles
c)
Cells
d)
Sugar and Spice
6.

An organism that can make its own food is called a producer or an________.

a)
automobile
b)
automatic
c)
autobahn
d)
autotroph
7.

A consumer, also known as a _____________ is an organism that cannot make its own food; it must eat other organisms to survive.

a)
heterotroph
b)
heterozygous
c)
homozygous
d)
homologous
8.
Which of the following is a trait of living things?
a)
They float on water.
b)

They grow and devolop.

c)
They get warm in the sun.
d)
They need soil.
9.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all living things?

a)

Made of cells

b)

Water

c)

Reproduces

d)

Responds to surroundings

10.

A(n) ___________ is a living thing.

a)

rock

b)

organism

c)

table

d)

pencil

11.

Which of the following is NOT a need of living things?

a)

Water

b)

Food

c)

Stable Internal Conditions

d)

Grows and Develops

12.

Bacteria is an example of a _______________ organism.

a)

multicellular

b)

unicellular

13.

The prefix "multi" means ________.

a)

One

b)

More than one

14.

A penguin is an example of a ______________ organism.

a)

unicellular

b)

single-celled

c)

multicellular

15.

Every living thing needs food to survive. Living things obtain their nutrients in different ways. Autotrophs are organisms who __________________________________.

a)

cannot make their own food.

b)

can make their own food.

16.

A human is an example of a(n) ___________________, an organism who cannot make their own food.

a)

heterotroph

b)

autotroph

17.

Identify the stimulus: You are walking home from school one day when a large dog jumps out at you from behind a tree. He starts to growl and shows his teeth. You quickly turn around and walk in the opposite direction.

a)

Dog growling and showing teeth

b)

Walking in opposite direction

c)

Walking home from school

d)

Tree

18.

This need allows organisms to maintain stable conditions inside.

a)

chemostasis

b)

metastasis

c)

homeostasis

d)

hypostasis

19.

What characteristics of living things is demonstrated in the picture?

a)

reproducing

b)

growing

c)

getting and using energy

d)

adapting over time

20.
Homeostasis is important because it keeps conditions just right so our cells can function.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Say what?
21.

How do consumers (heterotrophs) get the energy they need to survive?

a)
photosynthesis
b)
eating other organisms
c)
decomposing dead materials
d)
chemosynthesis
22.
What is another way of saying organism?
a)
living thing
b)
organ system
c)
tissue team
d)
critter
23.
What is another word for producer?
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
c)
consumer
d)
decomposer
24.
Your body shivers when you are cold. This is because of the concept of...
a)
homeostasis
b)
heredity
c)
energy metabolism
d)
cellular organization
25.
What is another word for consumer?
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
c)
producer
d)
decomposer
26.
When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6F.
a)
All living things use energy
b)
All living things contain cells
c)
All living things maintain homeostasis
d)
All living things grow
27.
A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.
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
28.

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

29.

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

30.
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
31.

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

32.
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
33.

Identify the characteristic: a caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things use energy

c)

All living things respond to their environment

d)

All living things grow and develop

34.

A pet goldfish needs fish food.


Which characteristic of life does this refer to?

a)

Living things need energy

b)

Living things are composed of one or more cells

c)

Living things respond to their environment

d)

Living things grow and reproduce

e)

Living things maintain a stable internal environment

35.

Which option is living?

a)

Trees and leaves

b)

Rocks

c)

Lake

d)

Fire

36.

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

a)

True

b)

False

37.

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

a)

dormant

b)

nonliving

c)

living

d)

dead

38.

Which of the following would be considered nonliving?

a)

tree

b)

bacteria

c)

water

d)

turtle

39.
A seed is living because it has the ability to show the characteristics of life if given the proper conditions. 
a)
True 
b)
False 
40.

Biotic and abiotic?

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

41.

Biotic or abiotic?

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

42.

Biotic or abiotic?

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

43.

Nonliving elements in an ecosystem are called _______________.

a)

biotic factor

b)

abiotic factor

c)

limiting factor

d)

fear factor

44.

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

a)

mushroom

b)

air

c)

elephant

d)

coyote

45.

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

a)

sun

b)

temperature

c)

soil

d)

grass

46.
What are the biotic factors in this image?
a)
sunlight, elephants, and grasses
b)
sunlight, water,  and air
c)
elephants, plants, trees 
47.

Temperature is an example of what kind of factor?

a)

biotic

b)

abiotic

c)

dead

d)

living

48.
Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment
a)
alive
b)
biotic 
c)
abiotic
d)
living
49.
Biotic means
a)
living
b)
nonliving
50.
What type of cell is pictured?
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Plant
d)
Animal
51.
A single-celled organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus, mitochondria, or any other membrane -bound organelle .
a)
Prokaryote
b)
Eukaryote
c)
Nucleus
d)
Mitochondria
52.

How are eukaryotic cells different from prokaryotic cells?

a)

Eukaryotic cells have nuclei; prokaryotic cells don't

b)

Eukaryotic cells are microscopic; prokaryotic cells are not

c)

Eukaryotic cells contain genetic material; prokaryotic cells don't

d)

Eukaryotic cells include bacteria; prokaryotic cells don't Prokaryotic

53.
Type of cell shown?
a)
Bacterial
b)
Prokaryotic
c)
Eukaryotic
d)
Red blood 
54.
The two kinds of cells are Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. What is the main difference?
a)
Prokaryotes have a nucleus.
b)
Eukaryotes have a nucleus.
c)
Prokaryotes are plant cells.
d)
There is no difference.
55.

Organisms composed of many cells are called

a)

Prokaryotic

b)

Bacteria

c)

Unicellular

d)

Multicellular

56.
Which types of organisms are Prokaryotes?
a)
Animals
b)
Plants
c)
Fungi
d)
Bacteria
57.

Unicellular organisms are

a)

Animals

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Made of many cells

d)

Made of one cell

58.

All cells are divided into two different types of cells.

a)

animal/plant

b)

bacteria/plant

c)

unicellular/multicellular

d)

prokaryote/eukaryote

59.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a Prokaryotic cell?

a)

unicellular

b)

floating DNA

c)

very small

d)

complex

60.
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have many differences, but they also share some common features.  Which of the following may be found in either type of cell?
a)
Golgi bodies
b)
ribosomes
c)
mitochondria
d)
nucleus
61.
Which type of cell is bigger?
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic 
62.
Plants and animal cells are examples of ___ cells 
a)
prokaryotic cells 
b)
eukaryotic cells 
63.

What are the 2 major types of cells?

a)

animal and plant

b)

animal and fungi

c)

eukaryotic and prokaryotic

d)

eukaryotic and animal

64.

What are 4 things that ALL cells have in common?

a)

nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, and ribosomes

b)

ribosomes, cell membrane, cytoplasm, and DNA

c)

DNA, mitochondria, cell membrane, and ribosomes

d)

Cytoplasm, cell membrane, ribosomes, and nucleus

65.

Which statement was NOT included in cell theory?

a)

All living things are composed of cells.

b)

Living cells come only from other living cells.

c)

Each cell contains a cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria, and endoplasmic reticulum.

d)

Cells are the smallest structure of living things that can perform the functions necessary for life.

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