Characteristics of Life Worksheet
A Grade 5 Science worksheet covering the fundamental characteristics that define living organisms, including growth, reproduction, response to stimuli, and energy use.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?
They grow and develop.
They can reproduce.
They are made of metal.
They respond to stimuli.
2. What do living things use for all their activities, like growing and moving?
Water
Energy
Air
Sunlight
3. All living things are able to reproduce.
True
False
4. A rock is considered a living thing because it can sit in the sun.
True
False
5. Living things need to take in to survive.
6. When a plant grows towards the sunlight, it is to a stimulus.
7. Name two characteristics that all living things share.
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
8. All living organisms are made of one or more .
9. Animals and plants can and get larger over time.
10. Living things react to changes in their environment, which are called .