Origins of Life

This experiment was conducted by the scientists:

• Stanley Miller and Harold Urey
• Harold Urey and Albert Einstein
• Louis Pasteur and Francesco Redi
• James Watson and Francis Crick

The apparatus in the experiment was used to mimic what?

• Proteins
• Present Earth conditions
• Early Earth conditions
• Nucleic acids (DNA/RNA)

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The electrical sparks mimicked?

• The Sun's energy
• Lightning
• Volcanic eruptions
• Cosmic radiation

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What was the product of the Miller-Urey Experiment?

• Simple amino acids
• Simple nucleotides
• Simple lipids
• Simple monosaccarides

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Endosymbiosis gave rise to which organelle(s)?

• Golgi bodies
• Chloroplasts and Mitochondria
• Ribosomes and Nuclei
• The rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum

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Which of the following was probably not present in the atmosphere of the primitive Earth? 

• Methane
• Oxygen
• Water
• Carbon dioxide

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Which of the following terms is another name for spontaneous generation?

• Abiogenesis
• Biogenesis
• Chemical evolution
• Organic evolution

Which rock layer most likely contains fossils of the most recently evolved organisms?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Which type of cell came first?

• Eukaryotic
• Prokaryotic
• Plant
• Both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells evolved around the same time

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The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

• Fossil A and C are the same age
  
• Fossil B is older than fossil C
• Fossils A is older than fossil B
• Fossil D is older than fossil C

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