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Living Creatures: Exploring Their Characteristics — Practice Worksheet
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General Instructions
- All questions are compulsory.
- Choose the correct option (A, B, C or D) for each question.
- The answer key is at the end — try the paper first!
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
15 × 1 = 15 marks
1.
Which of these is a characteristic of all living things?
- A.They are made in factories
- B.They grow, respire and reproduce
- C.They never need food
- D.They cannot move at all
2.
The increase in size of a living thing from within is called:
- A.Growth
- B.Excretion
- C.Respiration
- D.Movement
3.
Taking in air and using oxygen to release energy from food is called:
- A.Nutrition
- B.Respiration
- C.Reproduction
- D.Excretion
4.
A change in the surroundings that causes a living thing to react is a:
- A.Response
- B.Stimulus
- C.Habitat
- D.Backbone
5.
A touch-me-not plant folds its leaves when touched. The touch is a:
- A.Response
- B.Stimulus
- C.Food
- D.Waste
6.
Getting rid of the waste made by the body is called:
- A.Nutrition
- B.Excretion
- C.Growth
- D.Respiration
7.
Producing more of one's own kind is called:
- A.Reproduction
- B.Respiration
- C.Excretion
- D.Movement
8.
A car can move but is non-living because it cannot:
- A.Use fuel
- B.Grow and reproduce on its own
- C.Be driven
- D.Carry people
9.
Animals that HAVE a backbone are called:
- A.Invertebrates
- B.Vertebrates
- C.Herbivores
- D.Producers
10.
Which of these is an invertebrate?
- A.Fish
- B.Snake
- C.Earthworm
- D.Sparrow
11.
Fish breathe in water using their:
- A.Lungs
- B.Gills
- C.Skin only
- D.Wings
12.
Animals with feathers, wings and a beak belong to the group of:
- A.Mammals
- B.Reptiles
- C.Birds
- D.Fish
13.
Cats, cows and humans, which feed their young on milk, are:
- A.Reptiles
- B.Amphibians
- C.Mammals
- D.Birds
14.
An animal that can live both in water and on land, like a frog, is a/an:
- A.Fish
- B.Amphibian
- C.Reptile
- D.Bird
15.
All living things finally have a definite:
- A.Colour
- B.Life span (they are born, grow and die)
- C.Price
- D.Backbone
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
6 × 2 = 12 marks
16.
A seed lies still and does not move, yet it is living because it can:
- A.Grow into a new plant
- B.Make sounds
- C.Fly
- D.Glow at night
17.
A river flows and a flame flickers, but both are non-living because they cannot:
- A.Move
- B.Grow, feed and reproduce
- C.Be seen
- D.Be warm
18.
A spider, a snail and a jellyfish are placed in the SAME group because they all:
- A.Have a backbone
- B.Lack a backbone
- C.Live in water
- D.Have feathers
19.
Pulling your hand away quickly from a hot pan shows the life process of:
- A.Response to a stimulus
- B.Reproduction
- C.Excretion
- D.Nutrition
20.
Which feature is shared by a sparrow and a bat (both can fly), placing the bat among mammals not birds?
- A.The bat feeds its young on milk and has hair, not feathers
- B.The bat has feathers
- C.The bat lays eggs in water
- D.The bat has gills
21.
Why is grouping animals by the backbone helpful to scientists?
- A.It cleanly splits all animals into two big groups for study
- B.It changes the animals
- C.It feeds the animals
- D.It has no use
Answer Key
Section A — Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
- (B) They grow, respire and reproduce
- (A) Growth
- (B) Respiration
- (B) Stimulus
- (B) Stimulus
- (B) Excretion
- (A) Reproduction
- (B) Grow and reproduce on its own
- (B) Vertebrates
- (C) Earthworm
- (B) Gills
- (C) Birds
- (C) Mammals
- (B) Amphibian
- (B) Life span (they are born, grow and die)
Section B — Challenge / Olympiad (2 marks each)
- (A) Grow into a new plant
- (B) Grow, feed and reproduce
- (B) Lack a backbone
- (A) Response to a stimulus
- (A) The bat feeds its young on milk and has hair, not feathers
- (A) It cleanly splits all animals into two big groups for study
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