📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice Questions

Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question.

✏️ Part 2: Classification and Analysis

Instructions: Classify each item and explain your reasoning.

a) Mushroom: _____ b) Car: _____ c) Bacteria: _____ d) Crystal: _____

M: _________________ R: _________________ S: _________________

G: _________________ R: _________________ E: _________________

N: _________________

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

🔬 Answer Key

Part 1 - Multiple Choice:

1. B) They reproduce

2. B) Respiration

3. C) Made of plastic

4. A) Homeostasis

5. C) They do not grow or develop

6. Made of cells, Require nutrition, Excrete waste products, Show irritability

Part 2 - Sample Answers:

7. a) L b) NL c) L d) NL

8. Non-living - viruses lack cellular structure and cannot carry out life processes independently

9. Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition

10. Fire lacks cellular structure, doesn't maintain homeostasis, and doesn't truly reproduce

11. Plants: photosynthesis (make own food); Animals: consume other organisms

12. Examples: sweating/shivering, breathing rate changes, blood sugar regulation

Success Criteria: Students can identify and explain the seven characteristics of life, distinguish between living and non-living things, and apply knowledge to classify organisms.