1. International School
Manila
Characteristics of
Living Things

2. #1
Fire is not alive because…
A: It is not made up of B: Can move
cells
C: Can grow D: Can Reproduce

3. A

4. #2
There a 3 conditions needed for life. Water,
nutrients , and ____________.
A: The Sun B: Glucose
C: Energy D: Food

5. C

6. #3
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?
A: Adapts to its B: Responds to its
environment environment
C: Reproduces D: Tastes good

7. D

8. #4
Mystery Matter was…
A: A protist B: Yeast
C: What’s Mystery D: Was not a living thing
Matter?

9. B

10. #5
The Control Flask in The Mystery Matter Lab
had
A: glucose B: No water
C: No glucose D: Salt

11. C

12. #6
In the Mystery Matter Lab Flask 4 should have inflated the
most because
A: It had the most B: Had the most mystery
glucose matter
C: Had the least amount D: Got the most sunlight
of water

13. A

14. #7
We know Mystery Matter was alive because
A: It bubbled and frothed B: The amount of glucose
decreased
C: The balloons on flasks D: All of the above
2,3, and 4 inflated

15. D

16. #8
The control group
A: Is the group that B: Stays the same
changes
C: The group used as a D: Is not always needed
basis for comparison in an experiment

17. C

18. #9
An example of responding to the environment is
A: A turtle tucking into its B: Moving your hand
shell away from a hot pan
C: A plant growing D: All of the above
towards the light

19. D

20. #10
3 variables needed in a experiment are…
A: Independent, constant, B: Dependent,
variable independent, constant
C: Control, dependent, D: None of the above
test group

21. B

22. #11
The Effect of Sunlight on the Growth of a Plant.
An example of the dependent variable is
A: Keeping a group of B: Changing the amount
plants in the dark of sunlight
C: Both A and B D: 25 cm

23. D

24. #12
A Constant Variable in the Mystery Matter Lab was
A: The amount of Water B: The amount of yeast
C: Both A and B D: Neither A and B

25. C

26. #13
What could be done to make the Mystery Matter Lab
results more accurate?
A: Add more glucose B: Add more mystery
matter
C: Add more water D: Get bigger balloons

27. A

28. #14
The independent variable is
A: The results of the B: The variable that is
experiment manipulated
The variable that is
C: The variable that stays D: tested against the
the same control group

29. B

30. #15
Yeast is an example of ___________
A: A protist B: A bacteria
C: A fungi D: Virus

31. C

32. Great Job!!!!
Thank you for playing!