DOL1: Characteristics of Life

Items must meet _____ the criteria on the Characteristics of Life list in order to be considered an organism.

• all

• some

• most

• none

Which option is living?

• Trees and leaves

• Rocks

• Lake

• Fire

Movement is a good way to determine if something is living.

• True

• False

What do living organisms NEED?

(Choose two.)

• gas exchange, water

• respond to the environment, grow, reproduce

• move from one place to another.

• food, eliminate waste, suitable environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What do living organisms DO?

(Choose one.)

• gas exchange, water

• respond to the environment, grow, reproduce

• move from one place to another.

• food, eliminate waste, suitable environment

The scientific name for something living is a(n)

• organism

• cell

• tissue

• human

All of the following are characteristics of all living things EXCEPT

• Respond to stimulus

• Grow and develop

• Made of cells

• Movement

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

• True

• False

Something that isn't currently showing the characteristics of life but will when provided with the correct conditions:

• living

• nonliving

• dead

• dormant

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

• dormant

• nonliving

• living

• dead