Life Science Quiz 1

What is a producer?
1. An animal that makes its own food.
2. A plant.
3. An organism.
4. A decomposer.
What does the word "produce" mean?
1. to eat
2. an organism
3. to make
4. to consume
What is a consumer?
1. A plant that eats.
2. An animal that makes its own food
3. A plant
4. An animal
What is the word for organisms that get energy from dead things and wastes?
1. producers
2. consumers
3. decomposers
4. predators
What's another name for plants?
1. consumers
2. producers
3. trees
4. decomposers
What's another name for a living thing?
1. producer
2. plant
3. animal
4. organism
What's one way you tell if something is a nonliving thing?
1. It doesn't have lungs.
2. It doesn't move.
3. They don't eat.
4. They don't respond to their environment.
What are all living things made of?
1. cells
2. skin
3. bubbles
4. cheese
Plants make their own food through a process called _____________________.
1. food making
2. photosynthesis
3. consumption
4. eating
What's one thing plant cells have that animal cells don't have?
1. cells
2. nucleus
3. a cell membrane
4. a cell wall
Fungi, fly larvae, and worms are examples of ___________________________.
1. consumers
2. producers
3. decomposers
4. animals
Snakes, turtles, lizards, and crocodilians all belong to the same group of animals. What group is that?
1. reptiles
2. amphibians
3. mammals
4. fish
What do birds have that no other animals have?
1. wings
2. warm blood
3. eggs
4. feathers
Bears, elephants, rats, and rhinos are all examples of what kind of animal?
1. reptile
2. animal
3. mammal
4. birds
What is a vertebrate?
1. An animal with a backbone (spine).
2. An animal with a skeleton.
3. An animal with no backbone.
4. An animal with an exoskeleton.
Which animal is NOT an amphibian?
1. frog
2. toad
3. lizard
4. salamander
Which animal is an invertebrate?
1. bird
2. lizard
3. frog
4. butterfly
What are the stages of incomplete metamorphosis?
1. egg, larva, pupa, adult
2. egg, nymph, pupa, adult
3. egg, nymph, adult
4. egg, larva, adult
Which animal goes through a metamorphosis?
1. lizard
2. deer
3. penguin
4. frog
What do we call the changes an organism goes through as it grows?
1. life span
2. life
3. life cycle
4. changes