Evolution

What of the following is a condition for life to appear on a planet?

• The star the planet orbits has to be a red giant

• The planet has to be the first one orbiting the star

• The planet needs to have a strong magnetic field

• The absence of volcanic activity

What are the major biogenic elements?

• Phosphorus

• Carbon

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

Who invented this flask?

• Francesco Redi

• Louis Pasteur

• Aristotle

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

What is the name of this flask?

• Duck neck flask

• Swan neck flask

• Curved entrance flask

• Night King flask

Regarding the Pasteur experiment, when do bacteria appear inside the flask after having boiled the liquid?

• When we don't move it

• When we remove the top of the flask

• When we tilt the flask

• Bacteria will never grow after boiling the liquid

What theory states that life was not originated on Earth but elsewhere in the Cosmos?

• Oparin-Haldane theory

• Spontaneous generation theory

• Panspermia theory

• Evolution theory

They are structures separated from the environment by membranes that can exchange substances with it and also self-replicate, though they are not living beings.

• Polymers

• Abiogenes

• Hygroscopes

• Coacervates

What gases were on the primitve atmosphere according to the Oparin-Handle theory?

• Carbon dioxide

• Oxygen

• Methane

• Water vapour

• Sulphur

Oparin & Handle said that thanks to the gases in the primitive atmosphere and the electrical storms, some organic compounds were created in the oceans forming the...

"Species on Earth were in the past as they are now". This is supported by...

• Fixism

• Lamarckism

• Darwinism

• Neo-Darwinism