Origin of Life - Chemical Evolution

Origin of Life - Chemical Evolution

Multiple Choice

Miller/Urey and other scientists have shown that:

• Life on early Earth required material from space

• Cells survived in the primitive atmosphere

• Amino acids and other small organic molecules could be produced from inorganic molecules

• Simple cells can be produced in a laboratory

Multiple Choice

Which question were the scientists trying to answer with this experiment?

• Where do cells come from?
• How did prokaryotes form cell membranes?
• How are biomolecules formed?
• What gave rise to the Eukaryotic cell?