Characteristics of Living Things and Cell Theory

Read the following statement and choose which characteristic of living things it describes. A rabbit may live for 8 years.

• Obtain and Use Resources

• Respond to a Stimulus

• Grow and Develop

• Reproduce

Read the following statement and choose which characteristic of living things it describes. Birds mate and the female bird then lays eggs.

• Obtain and Use Resources

• Respond to a Stimulus

• Grow and Develop

• Reproduce

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What characteristic of life is being demonstrated?

• All living things evolve.

• All living things are made of cells.

• All living things reproduce.

• All living things require and use energy.

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

• growth and development

• ability to move

• response to the environment

• ability to reproduce

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Which of the following statements is NOT part of the cell theory?

• Cells are the basic unit of structure and function in all living things.

• All cells are produced from other cells.

• Only animal cells are composed of cells.

• All living things are composed of cells.

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What is one way in which all living things on Earth are alike?

• All living things have hair.

• All living things are made of cells and come from other cells.

• The cells of all living things have chloroplast.

• All living things can move. 

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Which of the following are characteristics of living things? (Select all that are true.)

• Living things reproduce.

• Living things respond to the environment.

• Living things are made of one or more cells.

• Living things take in food and excrete waste.

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What structures are found in plant cells, but not in animal cells?

• Only plant cells have cell walls and mitochondria.

• Only plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts.

• Only plant cells have chloroplasts and mitochondria.

Which organism is made up of cells that have both a cell membrane and a cell wall?

• desert mouse

• human 

• maple tree

• zebra

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An Amoeba is a unicellular, animal-like protist that lives in ponds and streams. According to cell theory, where did this cell come from?

• another pre-existing amoeba cell.

• energy from sun that allowed the protist to reproduce.

• a multicellular organism.

• the nonliving environment.

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