Organism Characteristics Worksheet
Explore the characteristics of living organisms and differentiate them from non-living things.
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Organism Characteristics
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. Which of the following is a characteristic of ALL living things?
They can fly.
They need food to grow.
They have fur.
They are made of metal.
2. What is the main difference between a plant and an animal?
Animals can move, plants cannot.
Plants make their own food, animals eat other organisms.
Plants are green, animals are not.
Animals lay eggs, plants grow seeds.
1. A rock is a living thing because it can be moved by wind.
True
False
2. All living things reproduce to make more of their kind.
True
False
1. Living things need and water to survive.
2. Plants use sunlight to make their own food through a process called .
1. List three characteristics that all living things share.
2. Look at the image of the plant cell. Is a plant cell a living thing? Explain your answer.