Biology EOC Review: L.15.8 Earth’s Early History and L.15.6 Classification

The illustration above depicts an experiment conducted by scientists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey. 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?

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The illustration above depicts an experiment conducted by scientists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey. What was the gas in the apparatus supposed to mimick?

• Early oceans

• The void of space

• Fusion reactions of stars

• Early Earth's atmosphere

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

The illustration above depicts an experiment conducted by scientists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey. What were the electrical sparks supposed to mimick?

• The Sun's energy

• Lightning

• Volcanic eruptions

• Cosmic radiation

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

The illustration above depicts an experiment conducted by scientists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey. What was the product of the experiment?

• Simple amino acids

• Simple nucleotides

• Simple lipids

• Simple monosaccarides

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

The process of endosymbiosis gave rise to which organelle(s)?

• Golgi bodies

• Chloroplasts and Mitochondria

• Ribosomes and Nuclei

• Rough and Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Miller and Urey’s famous experiment supports which of the following hypotheses?

• Life on early Earth required material from space

• Cells survived in the primitive atmosphere

• Amino acids could be produced from inorganic molecules

• Simple cells can be produced in a laboratory

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NGSS.HS-LS1-6

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

• Methane

• Oxygen

• Water

• Carbon dioxide

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

One of the accepted scientific theories describing the origin of life on Earth is known as chemical evolution. According to this theory, which of the following events would need to occur first for life to evolve?

• Beginnings of photosynthesis

• Beginnings of genetic material

• Synthesis of organic molecules

• Formation of the plasma membrane

Based on the data in the table above, the unknown bacterial species is most closely related to which of the following species?

• Species I

• Species II

• Species III

• Species IV

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Current theories involving the origin of life suggest that which type of cell came first?

• Eukaryotic

• Prokaryotic

• Plant

• Both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells evolved around the same time