REVIEW: theories on the origin of life

He conducted the experiment about "Container with decomposing meat".

• Lazzaro Spallanzani

• John Needham

• Francisco Redi

• Louis Pasteur

What is the theory that explains the Greek word that literally translates as "seeds of all the universe"

• Panspermia theory

• Spontaneous Generation

• Prebiotic Evolution

• Biogenesis

The electrical sparks in the Electrical Discharge Experiment mimicked what?

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  The Sun's energy

• Lightning

• Volcanic eruptions

• Cosmic radiation

What was the product of the Miller-Urey Experiment?

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  Simple amino acids

• Simple nucleotides

• Simple lipids

• Simple monosaccarides

Miller/Urey and other scientists have shown that:

•  Life on early Earth required material from space

• Simple cells can be produced in a laboratory

• Amino acids could be produced from inorganic molecules 

• Cells survived in the primitive atmosphere

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? 

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  Beginnings of photosynthesis

• Formation of the plasma

• Synthesis of organic molecules

• Beginnings of genetic material

What is the postulate of the panspermia theory?

• The transfer or living beings from the earth to other planets

• The life forms arise spontaneously from inanimate or inert matter.

• The living organisms would have arrived in meteorites or comets from the space to the earth

• The oceans contained large quantities of complex organic substances that served as building blocks for the first living beings

What is the spontaneous generation?

• The life forms arise after creating organic matter

• The life forms arise after multiple chemical reactions

• The life forms arise spontaneously from microorganism

• The life forms arise spontaneously from inanimate or inert matter

What was the conclusion of the Redi’s experiment?

• The flies were created by the decomposing meat.

• The flies were created by the hot broth.

• The flies were created from sweaty shirts.

• The flies were created from their eggs

What is Abiogenesis?

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  Life from Life

• Non-Life from Life

• Life from Non-Life