Origin of Life Quiz

According to the video, when did life appear on Earth?

• Three billion years ago

• Two billion years ago

• Four billion years ago

• One billion years ago

What is the name of the theory that ancient Greeks believed in, where units of life called spores were transferred to Earth?

• Panspermia

• Spontaneous Generation

• Chemical Evolution

• Big Bang Theory

Who conducted experiments in pre-sterilized flasks to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation?

• Louis Pasteur

• Albert Einstein

• Isaac Newton

• Marie Curie

What did Louis Pasteur's experiments show regarding the origin of life?

• Life can spontaneously generate

• Life evolves from dead yeast

• Life comes only from pre-existing life

• Life arises from rotting material

What did Miller observe in his laboratory scale experiments regarding the formation of amino acids?

• Formation of DNA

• Formation of Proteins

• Formation of Carbohydrates

• Formation of Lipids

What were the conditions set up by Miller in his experiments to simulate early Earth?

• Electric discharge in an open flask

• Electric discharge in a closed flask

• No electric discharge

• High pressure environment

What did Miller observe the formation of in his experiments at 800 degrees Celsius?

• Nucleic Acids

• Amino Acids

• Lipids

• Carbohydrates

Which theory is partly accepted based on the evidence from Miller's experiments?

• Chemical Evolution

• Big Bang Theory

• Spontaneous Generation

• Panspermia

Who proposed that the first life could have come from preexisting nonliving organic molecules?

• Einstein and Curie

• Darwin and Mendel

• Pasteur and Haldane

• Newton and Galileo

What is the name of the galaxy in which Earth evolved around 4.5 billion years ago?

• Triangulum Galaxy

• Sombrero Galaxy

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Andromeda Galaxy