MCQ QUIZ – The Characteristics of Living Organisms

  1. All living organisms are capable of -





2. Homo sapiens is the scientific name of Human beings. These two names refer to which groups?





3. The characters common to both plants and animals are -





4. What is the main difference between plants and animals?





5. What is the correct order of the groups in a hierarchy used by Carolus Linnaeus?





6. When Mimosa pudica ( touch- me- not) is touched, its leaves automatically fold up. Which characteristics of living organisms this shows?





7. The Lion can be classified as follows - Class- Mammalia Order - Carnivora Family - Felidae Genus - Panthera Species - leo If the house cat ( Felis domestica)  belongs to the same family as the Lion, what will be the classification?





8. Which characters are common to all living organisms?





9. A group of similar organisms which can freely interbreed to produce a fertile offspring is called -





10. Which organisms are on the borderline between the living and non - living worlds?







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