Origins of Life Quiz

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

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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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The gas in the apparatus mimicked? 

• Early oceans
• The void of space
• Fusion reactions of stars
• Early Earth's atmosphere

The electrical sparks mimicked?

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

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Miller/Urey and other scientists have shown that:

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

• Methane
• Oxygen
• Water
• Carbon dioxide

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The primary source of energy for all living things on earth is:

• Plants
• The sun
• The moon
• Animals

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A(n) __________ is an organism that relies on consuming chemical compounds. A(n)_______________ is an organism that can create organic chemical compounds from inorganic compounds and an external energy source.

• heterotroph, mitochondria

• autotroph, mitochondria

• heterotroph, autotroph

• autotroph, heterotroph

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Mitochondria and chloroplasts are thought to be ________________________ cells that were engulfed by a larger cell.

• Plants

• Eukaryotic

• Prokaryotic

• Viruses

How are mitochondria and chloroplasts like bacteria cells?

• They divide by meiosis

• They contain their own DNA

• They have the same membrane-bound organelles

• They can make their own food