Life Science Review-5th grade

Which of the following statements is true for all living things (organisms)?

• All living things have organs

• All living things produce their own food through photosynthesis

• All living things are made of one or more cells

• All living things do not get energy from the sun.

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What is the basic building block of life?

• Tissue

• Cell

• Organ

• Organ System

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What is the function of the nucleus within a cell?

• Acts as the cell's "brain"

• jellylike structure that fills most of the cell

• Completing photosynthesis

• large storage area filled with a liquid that contains various substances

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Where do plants receive the energy necessary to carry out photosynthesis?

• Heat from the sun
• Gamma radiation
• Light from the sun
• Wind

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Besides energy from the sun, what else does a plant require to complete photosynthesis?

• Wind energy
• Oxygen and carbon dioxide
• Oxygen and water
• Water, carbon dioxide, and chlorophyll

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What do plants release that helps people live ____________?

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• water

• sunlight

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Living things that eat dead plants and animals are called ______?

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• herbivores

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This type of animal must hunt, gather, and store food because it can't make it's own food.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• cell

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Which of these makes vertebrates different from invertebrates?

• Vertebrates have backbones.
• Vertebrates live above water.
• Vertebrates have two parents.
• Vertebrates are warm-blooded.

Which physical characteristic classifies an animal as a mammal?

• eyes and ears
• fur or hair
• hooves or horns
• lungs or kidneys