Online Test — Living Creatures: Exploring Their Characteristics
15 Questions • 15 min • Chapter MCQ
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Question 1 of 15
Which of these is a characteristic of all living things?
They are made in factories
They grow, respire and reproduce
They never need food
They cannot move at all
Explanation: Living things grow, respire, reproduce and show other life processes.
Question 2 of 15
The increase in size of a living thing from within is called:
Growth
Excretion
Respiration
Movement
Explanation: Living things grow in size from within.
Question 3 of 15
Taking in air and using oxygen to release energy from food is called:
Nutrition
Respiration
Reproduction
Excretion
Explanation: Respiration releases energy from food using oxygen.
Question 4 of 15
A change in the surroundings that causes a living thing to react is a:
Response
Stimulus
Habitat
Backbone
Explanation: A stimulus is a change that causes a response.
Question 5 of 15
A touch-me-not plant folds its leaves when touched. The touch is a:
Response
Stimulus
Food
Waste
Explanation: The touch is the stimulus; folding the leaves is the response.
Question 6 of 15
Getting rid of the waste made by the body is called:
Nutrition
Excretion
Growth
Respiration
Explanation: Removing body waste is excretion.
Question 7 of 15
Producing more of one's own kind is called:
Reproduction
Respiration
Excretion
Movement
Explanation: Reproduction produces young ones, eggs or seeds.
Question 8 of 15
A car can move but is non-living because it cannot:
Use fuel
Grow and reproduce on its own
Be driven
Carry people
Explanation: A car cannot grow or reproduce by itself, so it is non-living.
Question 9 of 15
Animals that HAVE a backbone are called:
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Herbivores
Producers
Explanation: Vertebrates are animals with a backbone.
Question 10 of 15
Which of these is an invertebrate?
Fish
Snake
Earthworm
Sparrow
Explanation: An earthworm has no backbone, so it is an invertebrate.
Question 11 of 15
Fish breathe in water using their:
Lungs
Gills
Skin only
Wings
Explanation: Fish use gills to breathe in water.
Question 12 of 15
Animals with feathers, wings and a beak belong to the group of:
Mammals
Reptiles
Birds
Fish
Explanation: Birds have feathers, wings and a beak.
Question 13 of 15
Cats, cows and humans, which feed their young on milk, are:
Reptiles
Amphibians
Mammals
Birds
Explanation: Mammals usually have hair and feed their young on milk.
Question 14 of 15
An animal that can live both in water and on land, like a frog, is a/an:
Fish
Amphibian
Reptile
Bird
Explanation: Amphibians, such as frogs, live both in water and on land.
Question 15 of 15
All living things finally have a definite:
Colour
Life span (they are born, grow and die)
Price
Backbone
Explanation: Every living thing has a life span: it is born, grows and dies.