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Organic and Chemical Evolution

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

The theory of evolution suggests that earth’s first oxygen came from

a)

plants

b)

aerobic prokaryotes

c)

chemical decomposition

d)

photosynthetic prokaryotes

2.

One hypothesis of the endosymbiotic theory suggests that prokaryotes capable of photosynthesis crawled into larger cells and became

a)

chloroplasts

b)

mitochondria

c)

nuclei

d)

vesicles

3.

One hypothesis of the endosymbiotic theory suggests that heterotrophic prokaryotes that were able to use oxygen when releasing energy from their food crawled into larger cells and became

a)

chloroplasts

b)

mitochondria

c)

nuclei

d)

vesicles

4.

Organic evolution attempts to describe how what originated?

a)

the first cell

b)

elements

c)

species

d)

the Earth

5.

Endosymbiotic theory states that chloroplasts and mitochondria were once what?

a)

Bacteria engulfed by larger cells

b)

Amino acids

c)

Large eukaryotes

d)

Algae

6.

The theory of endosymbiosis proposes that chloroplasts were once which organism?

a)

Autotrophic prokaryotes

b)

Heterotrophic eukaryotes

c)

Mutated macromolecules

d)

Parasites who fed on larger cells

7.

Miller and Urey tried to mimic the "organic soup" of the early Earth and create life, but they were only able to produce a few ______________.

a)

amino acids

b)

elements

c)

organelles

d)

cells

8.

The endosymbiotic theory states that certain organelles within eukaryotic cells may have originated as independent organisms.

Therefore, it is possible that mitochondria were once ____________________.

a)

aerobic prokaryotes

b)

photosynthetic bacteria

c)

small eukaryotic cells

d)

anaerobic prokarytoes