Arturo Valderruten Colegio La Arboleda 6th grade.

CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS

Arturo ValderrutenColegio La Arboleda

6th grade

Plants are heterotrophs because they make their own food.

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Scurvy is caused when you don’t get enough vitamin D in your food.


Plants make their own food from organic substances.


When animals eat, they ingest inorganic substances.


Animals can be divided into three main groups:Plant eaters

Animal eatersPhotosynthetic


Some animals eat plants, other animals, or both. Animals with different modes of nutrition have identical digestive systems.


We could reduce global warming by doing the following things:- Riding more bicycles.

- Burning all the garbage.- Turning off the TV, lights, etc.


In single-celled organisms, like amoeba or paramecium, the food may be taken in by a flagellum.


Sea sponges are primitive organisms that show some cells that are specialized in grabbing food from water, and other cells specialized in moving.


All matter can be consider living or non-living

True

False

Living things rely on other living things to stay alive.

True

False

Adding and multiplying means the same as reproduction.

True

False

One of the characteristics of a living thing is nutrition.

True

False

One of the characteristics of a living thing is the ability to move.

True

False

One of the characteristics is that living things release waste or other products to the environment.

True

False

In single-celled organisms, the food may be taken in by the entire surface.

True

False

All living things must have bodily orifices so they can eat, breathe, pee or poo.

True

False

There are living things that never grow up.

True

False

If you don’t eat enough vitamin A, you can get scurvy.

True

False

Microbes can eat through their “skin”, more complex animals can do that, too.

True

False

Plants and mushroom have no sensitivity at all.

True

False

Breathing is the same thing as respiration.

True

False

Some organisms don’t need to reproduce.

True

False

All moving objects are alive.

True

False

Jon noticed that a certain object can move but it cannot feed. Therefore the object is living.

True

False

All objects that reproduce are alive.

True

False

All objects that produce heat are alive.

True

False

Living things are made by non-living things.

True

False

Which is not a characteristic of a living thing?

It never dies

It needs food

It releases waste

It moves

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of life?

differentiation from cells to tissues

reproduction

adaptation to environmental changes

complex chemical organization

Metabolism is the ___.

sum total of all chemical reactions

output of energy usually as heat

way that an organism uses energy

rate at which food is consumed

When an organism loses homeostasis it is ___.

dead

dormant

shivering

hibernating

Which of the following is NOT among the basic characteristics shared by living things?

breathing

using energy

responding to surroundings

growing

Through evolutionary processes, organisms can ___.

adapt to their environment

eliminate their cell structure

stop the need to reproduce

eliminate their need for an energy source

Which is a characteristic that some living things don’t show?

They move

They reproduce

They exchange substances

they die

Which is not a characteristic of a living thing?

Invisibility

Nutrition

Growth

Movement

Which is a characteristic of a living thing?

Sensitivity

Teleportation

Telepathy

Turning into fire

Which is correct for all living things?

They poo, in a way

They fly

They can communicate

They do photosynthesis

Which is correct for all living things?

They can react to external stimuli

They all reproduce sexually

They can take oxygen from water

They make their own food

What is the meaning of “respiration”?

The use of oxygen to live

The absorption of CO2

The intake of water

The outtake of water

Complete the sentence with the correct word.

Micronutrients

Macronutrients

Protein and fats

Glucose and water

______ are substances an organism must have in its diet in small quantities.


vitamins

glucose

starch

cellulose

Micronutrients can be divided into ______, which are organic compounds, and minerals, which are inorganic.


Excretion

Digestion

Respiration

GErowth

______ is the characteristic of an organism that has to do with pooing.

Which of the following characteristics of a glass of water mean that it cannot be considered alive

according to our shared characteristics of living things?

It has no heart.

It has no cells.

It has no arms or legs.

It has no tissues.

Which of the following include organisms all of only one species?

kingdom

population

community

ecosystem

Humans and all other mammals share which of the flowing characteristics?

walk on two legs

have mammary glands

live on land

give birth to live young as opposed to laying eggs

Which of the following groups is the largest and most diverse?

population

ecosystem

species

community

Humans share the characteristics of an opposable thumb, forward-looking eyes, and a well-developed

brain with other ___.

vertebrates

primates

chordates

mammals

This disease results from shortage of vitamin C.

Flu

Scurvy

Stomachache

AIDS

Living cells obtain energy from the oxydation of food nutrients. This process is called...

Photosynthesis

Cellular respiration

cellular rusting

digestion

The following is/are characteristic(s) of living things

Reproducing, movement, evaporation

Feeding, respiration, movement

Respiration, excretion, condensation

Combustion, breathing, eating

Another word for living things is:

Cell

Organism

Organ

Organelle

What is a residual substance that we release through respiration?

O2

CO2

CO

Glucose

Which characteristic must all species have in order to avoid extinction?

Excretion

Reproduction

Respiration

Growth

It’s the chemical formula of glucose.

CO2

C6H12O6

CO

O2


the increase

the shortage

an excess

the production

Scurvy results from ______ of a certain vitamin in the diet.


Eating

Respiration

Excresion

Growth

___ requires oxygen (O2), which must be obtained from the air.


at least one of the

most

all the

two

To be considered alive an object must have ___ charchteristics of living things.

Global warming occurs due to the accumulation of this gas in the atmosphere.

Oxygen

Ozone

CO2

Nitrogen

This is another name for “sugar”.

Chlorophyl

Carbon dioxide

Glucose

Carbon monoxide

Which of the following includes all the plants, animals, bacteria, and other living things in an area?

population

biosphere

community

ecosystem

You hear birds singing more than usual outside, and you think that might be because their mating season has started. Your idea in this situation

would be a ___.

theory

variable

hypothesis

conclusion

Most often the results of an experiment lead to ___.

publications in scientific journals

well-developed controlled experiments

more questions

theories

Which one of the following is NOT a characteristic of a living thing?

excretion

movement

communication

growth

One of the seven characteristics of living things is growth. Which one of the following statements best describes

growth?

Using energy from the sun to make food.

Being able to change location.

The process whereby cells divide and increase.

The ability to react to the surrounding environment.

Which one of the following is a characteristic of all living things?

Is warm-blooded.

Can make its own food.

Can make a response.

Has a brain.

Producing offspring is another name for ___.

excretion

respiration

reproduction

nutrition

Respiration is one of the seven characteristics of all living organisms. What is meant by respiration?

Being able to produce a new individual.

The reaction to a change in the environment.

The way living things get energy from food.

The way that all living things are made of cells.

Which of the following is most true about scientific findings?

They should not be openly challenged without good reason.

They should be assumed to be true and memorized.

They should be reevaluated and retested frequently.

They should be kept secret if important so other researchers do not steal them.

A pharmaceutical company tested a new drug to relieve arthritis. Some of the subjects received a red and pink capsule with the

drug while others received a red and pink capsule with filler and no drug. Those receiving the drug are called the ___ group while

the subjects receiving the placebo are called the ___ group.

hypothetical; theoretical

affected; unaffected

experimental; control

control; experimental


Respiration

Eating

Excretion

Diarreah

The scientific name of “pooing” is ___.


both living and non-living things

only non-living things

only living things

living and once alive things

If observed under a microscope it will be noticed that ___ are made up of cells.


evolution

extinction

diversity

fossil record

The South American rainforest is the place on Earth with the highest ___ of animal species.


bone

corpse

fossil

skeleton

A ___ is a print of a prehistoric animal that remains in a rock.


single-celled

vertebrate

multicellular

highly evolved

Jellyfish and sea sponges are _______ organisms.

If an experiment is controlled, that means ___.

the scientists have complete control over all variables and other aspects of the experiment

the scientists are performing an epidemiological experiment

the scientists have a wide variety of experimental groups with many variables altered in each

the scientists experiment with some subjects and observe others without altering them

A theory is _____.

a hunch, a guess, or a personal opinion that a scientist tests through experiments

the factor that is altered in a controlled experiment

a tentative conclusion based on the results of a scientific experiment

a well-tested explanation for events in the natural word

A placebo is _____.

an anesthetic drug that relaxes a patient

a drug that does the opposite of the drug being clinically tested

a chemical blocker that stops the action of any other drug being taken

a fake drug used in a control group

As a critical thinker it is important to realize that all advertisements contain ___.

imperfect conclusions

false data

advertising slogans

bias

How many characteristics of living things are there?

Three

Five

Eight

Seven

The process by which all living things break down food to release energy is called ___.

response

reproduction

movement

respiration

Which one of the following statements is INCORRECT?

Animals can move from place to place, while plants can only move their own parts.

The cells in plants have cell walls while animal cells do NOT have cell walls.

Plants make their own food while animals cannot make their own food.

The cells in animals have a nucleus, while plant cells do not have a nucleus.

In order to make food, plants need soil, water, minerals, oxygen and what else?

A nice gardener

Oxygen

Salt

Sunlight

Which characteristic of living things is involved when an athlete sweats after a race?

Respiration

Response

Nutrition

Excretion

You predicted at the beginning of class that, if you study a little bit every single day, then you'll get A's on all the tests. This is an example of ___.

a clinical trial

a controlled experiment

inductive reasoning

deductive reasoning

How is the biochemical process of a cell taking oxygen to break down food called?

Breathing

Photosynthesis

Digestion

Respiration

What kind of organisms lived on Earth during the first half of the planet’s existence?

insects

fungi

plants

single-celled organisms.

What food does an omnivore animal eat?

pizza with ice cream

animals

plants

plants and animals


asexual reproduction

omnivorous animals

survival

natural selection

Darwin saw that the Galapagos tortoises are a good example of ______.


birds

animals

plants

fossils

There are many ______ at the Grand Canyon.


jellyfish

plant cell

bacteria

bacterium

A ______ is much smaller than eukaryotic cells.


Tevez

Chaplin

Attemborough

Darwin

Charles ______ found out the principle of evolution.


the nose

gills

their lungs

a tracheal system

Insects breathe through ______.

A circulatory system

Anaerobic respiration

Gills breathing

A digestive system

Choose the option that best describes the image

A setup to test gas exchange

A setup to test water needs

A setup to test excretion

A setup to test digestion


Gas exchange

Growth and reproduction

Movement and sensitivity

sexual reproduction


Once alive

Living thing

Now dead

Never been alive


Excretion in insects

An insect’s nervous system

How insects breathe

How insects eat


Never been alive

Living thing

Once alive

Inorganic


Growth

Movement

Feeding

Gas exchange


Never been alive

Organic

Living thing

Once alive


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