Origin 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)

Based upon the conditions of the early Earth, which forms of live most likely appeared first?

• Prokaryotic and aerobic

• Prokaryotic and anaerobic

• Eukaryotic and aerobic

• Eukaryotic and anaerobic

The theory of Endosymbiosis explains...

• The origin of eukaryotes

• How species develop

• How bacteria evolved

• Why cells rely on one another

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

• Abiogenesis

• Biogenesis

• Chemical evolution

• Organic evolution

What process is shown within this diagram?

• Natural selection

• Endosymbiosis

• Chemical evolution

• Abiogenesis

Which scientist disproved the idea of spontaneous generation once and for all by using a specifically designed swan-necked flask to heat broth?

• Spallanzani

• Pasteur

• Redi

• Needham

Which scientist was one of the first to disprove spontaneous generation in large organisms by showing that flies were not created by meat?

• Spallanzani

• Pasteur

• Redi

• Needham

This hypothesis states that living things can only come from other living things and was proven by _____.

• Biogenesis, Pasteur

• Spontaneous generation, Pasteur

• Endosymbiosis, Redi

• Adaptation, Redi

Who's heterotroph hypothesis was tested by Miller and Urey?

• Pasteur

• Redi

• Needham

• Oparin