Miller-Urey

Miller-Urey

9th - 10th Grade

8 Qs

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Miller-Urey

Miller-Urey

Assessment

Quiz

Biology

9th - 10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
HS-ESS1-6, MS-PS1-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

Used 1+ times

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8 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image
Which question were the scientists trying to answer with this experiment?
Where do cells come from?
What came first the chicken or the egg?
How are biomolecules formed?
What gave rise to the Eukaryotic cell?

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The apparatus in the Miller Urey experiment was used to simulate what?

proteins

Earth's present conditions

early Earth's conditions

they didn't mean to mimic anything in particular

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which do all carbohydrates do for us?
provide energy
make muscle
make brains
make hair

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image
What type of carbohydrate is this?
polysaccharide
disaccharide
monosaccharide
it isn't a carbohydrate

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

How many sugar units make up disaccharides?
one
two
three
zero

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What were Miller and Urey able to demonstrate?

That organic compounds have CH bonds

That simple inorganic molecules could combine to form complex organic molecules

That complex organic compounds could only be made in a laboratory

That ancient Earth did not have the conditions that would allow for organic molecules to ever exist

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What are the monomers of carbohydrates?

starches

monosaccharides

polymers

polysaccharides