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WorksheetsSpontaneous Generation and Origin of Life Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which scientist(s) tested the primordial soup model by using an electrical spark to produced amino acids from the molecules believed to be present on early Earth?
a)
Oparin-Haldane
b)
Miller-Urey
c)
Pasteur
d)
Spallanzani
2.
Which of the following ideas that pockets of air released from underwater hydrothermic vents created tiny area in which organic compounds could form and concentrate?
a)
Bubble hypothesis
b)
Panspermia
c)
Spontaneous generation
d)
Endosymbiotic theory
3.
Which scientist(s) suggested early earth was very different from present day and that lightning and volcanic activity catalyzed the creation of organic molecules to form a "primordial soup" from which life arose?
a)
Oparin-Haldane
b)
Miller-Urey
c)
Pasteur
d)
Spallanzani
4.
Which of the following concepts explains the presence of mitochondria and chloroplasts in eukaryotic cells?
a)
Bubble hypothesis
b)
Panspermia
c)
Spontaneous generation
d)
Endosymbiotic theory
5.
Which of the following concepts suggests life on Earth came from meteorites(outer space)?
a)
Bubble hypothesis
b)
Panspermia
c)
Spontaneous generation
d)
Endosymbiotic theory
6.
Which of the following is a key difference between Needham's and Spallanzani's experiments testing the idea of spontaneous generation?
a)
Needham heated his broth while Spallanzani did not.
b)
Spallanzani heated his broth while Needham did not.
c)
Needham sealed his flasks tightly while Spallanzani did not.
d)
Spallanzani sealed his flasks tightly while Needham did not.
7.
Which scientist disproved spontaneous generation of large organisms by showing maggots came from flies not from rotting meat?
a)
Redi
b)
Needham
c)
Spallanzani
d)
Pasteur
8.
Which scientist designed a special flask that allowed air in but kept microbes out and once and for all disproved spontaneous generation?
a)
Redi
b)
Needham
c)
Spallanzani
d)
Pasteur
9.
Which gas was believed to be absent from early Earth's atmosphere
a)
Hydrogen
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
Carbon
10.
Which of the following terms refers to life coming from other living things?
a)
Abiogenesis
b)
Biogenesis
c)
Spontaneous generation
d)
Endosymbiosis
11.
Why were mitochondria and chloroplasts once believed to be prokaryotic organisms?
a)
They both contain ribosomes and a plasma membrane.
b)
They both contain their own DNA and reproduce by binary fission.
c)
They both contain DNA found in modern bacteria and reproduce sexually.
d)
They both contain their own nuclei and plasma membranes.
12.
What type of organism was the first to inhabit Earth?
a)
anaerobic heterotrophic prokaryote
b)
aerobic heterotrophic prokaryote
c)
anaerobic autotrophic prokaryote
d)
aerobic autotrophic prokaryote
13.
Which concept refers to life arising from non-living molecules?
a)
Organic evolution
b)
Chemical evolution
c)
Chemosynthesis
d)
Photosynthesis
14.
Which of the following correctly sequences the order in which bacterial cells appeared on Earth?
a)
Aerobic bacteria, Photosynthetic bacteria, Anaerobic bacteria
b)
Anaerobic bacteria, Aerobic bacteria, Photosynthetic bacteria
c)
Anaerobic bacteria, Photosynthetic bacteria, Aerobic bacteria
d)
Photosynthetic bacteria, Aerobic bacteria, Anaerobic bacteria
15.
Which of the following terms is another name for spontaneous generation?
a)
Abiogenesis
b)
Biogenesis
c)
Chemical evolution
d)
Organic evolution
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