DIRECTIONS: Choose the response that best answers the question.

_________ 1. When something moves we can assume that: A. it is alive B. it may be alive C. it is not alive

_________ 2. If a crystal of a mineral grows, then it is: A. alive B. growing C. dead D. developing

_________ 3. Growth and repair happen in: A. plants B. animals C. bacteria D. all living organisms

_________ 4. A bacteria cell dividing is an example of: A. growth B repair C. reproduction D. adapting

_________ 5. When an earthworm crawls out of bright light it is: A. growing B. responding C. respiring

_________ 6. When onion root cells divide, they push the new cells into the ground. This is an example of:

A. responding B. growing C. reproducing D. living

DIRECTIONS: Write all of the characteristics of life that each of the following things have in the blank next to it. Then answer the questions that follow.

1. Water _____________________________________________________
2. The Wind_____________________________________________________
3. A Hampster_____________________________________________________
4. Photocopy machine_____________________________________________________
5. A Garden_____________________________________________________
6. A Worm_____________________________________________________
7. A Seed_____________________________________________________
8. A computer_____________________________________________________

 

9. Which of these things have all of the characteristics of living things?

 

 

 

10. Which of these things have many of the characteristics of living things?