Living Organisms and Their Environment
Tests understanding of characteristics of living things, their habitats, adaptations to different environments, and responses to environmental factors
Questions
Identify the animal.
(a) It is a mammal.
(b) It breaths through its nostrils.
(c) It can stay inside water for long time.
(d) It does not have scales.
- Squid
- Whale
- Crocodile
- Frog
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Which of the following is correct statement ?
a. Plants grow throughout their life.
b. Animals prepare their own food.
c. Animals respond to stimulus.
d. Plants have nervous system.
- Both a and c
- Both b and c
- Both a and d
- Both b and d
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Which of the following elements is not commonly present in protoplasm?
- Phosphorus
- Iron
- Calcium
- Zinc
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Which abiotic factor is not necessary for plants?
- Carbon dioxide
- Nitrogen
- Oxygen
- Hydrogen
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Which of the following are biennials?
- Wheat and beet
- Beet and carrot
- Mustard and beet
- Wheat and mustard
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What does a camel store in its 'hump' and use in an emergency situation?
- Fat
- Water
- Protein
- Carbohydrate
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Which of the following animals breathe through their skin?
- Fish and earthworm
- Earthworm and frog
- Frog and fish
- Tadpole and fish
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Which of the following is a similarity between plants and animals?
- Both can prepare their own food.
- Both excrete waste materials.
- Both are highly sensitive to stimulus.
- Both grow throughout their life.
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Which of the following help fishes to move easily in water?
- Gills
- Tails
- Fins
- Streamlined bodies
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The movement of a part of plant towards light is called ___________.
- photolocate movement
- photochromic movement
- photosensitive movement
- phototropic movement
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Which of the following non-living things shows two characteristics of living things?
- Flag
- Bicycle
- Table
- Balloon
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Which of the following flowers opens up its petals in bright light and closes them at dusk?
- Sunflower
- Dandelion
- Rose
- Casablanca lily
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Match the columns
| a. Acclimatisation | i. Place where a plant or animal lives |
| b. Stimulus | ii. Presence of a specific body feature in plants and animals to live in a particular |
| c. Habitat | iii. Process of becoming accustomed to different enviorment for short period of time |
| d. Adaption | iv. Changes in surroundings to which living things respond |
- a - ii, b - iv, c - iii, d - i
- a - iii, b - iv, c - i, d - ii
- a - iv, b - i, c - ii, d - iii
- a - iii, b - ii, c - i, d - iv
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Which of the following adaptations is not exhibited by a desert habitat?
- Desert plants have long roots.
- Desert plants have needle-like leaves.
- Desert animals have flat feet.
- Desert animals hunt at night.
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Which of the following characteristics of living things is exhibited by dried and stored wheat seeds?
- Metabolism
- Reproduction
- Growth
- Respiration
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Which of the following is not exhibited by a living thing?
- Metabolism
- Evolution
- Growth
- Weathering
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Match the columns
| Habitat | Adaption |
| a. Desert | i. Plants have very short stems and small roots and the stems are hollow. |
| b. Aquatic | ii. Trees with broad-shaped leaves shed their leaves before winter. |
| c. Mountain | iii. Plants store water in stems. |
- a - ii, b - iii, c - i
- a - iii, b - ii, c - i
- a - i, b - ii, c - iii
- a - iii, b - i, c - ii
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