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Quiz#2- Origin of life

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which scientist disproved the idea of spontaneous generation once and for all by using a specifically designed swan-necked flask to heat broth?

a)

Spallanzani

b)

Pasteur

c)

Redi

d)

Needham

2.

Which scientist was one of the first to disprove spontaneous generation by showing that flies were not created by meat?

a)

Spallanzani

b)

Pasteur

c)

Redi

d)

Needham

3.

Which of the following is the natural law that states that living organisms come only from other living organisms and are not created from nonliving materials?

a)

evolution

b)

oxidation

c)

biogenesis

d)

abiogenesis

4.

Which scientist(s) came up with the hypothesis that life formed gradually from nonliving materials over a long period of time?

a)

Miller and Urey

b)

Sidney Fox

c)

Pasteur and Redi

d)

Oparin and Haldane

5.

In Stanley Miller's and Harold Urey's experiment what chemical was intentionally left out?

a)

oxygen

b)

hydrogen

c)

methane

d)

ammonia

6.
This experiment was conducted by the scientists:
a)
Stanley Miller and Harold Urey
b)
Harold Urey and Albert Einstein
c)
Louis Pasteur and Francesco Redi
d)
James Watson and Francis Crick
7.
Which question were the scientists trying to answer with this experiment?
a)
Where do cells come from?
b)
How did prokaryotes form cell membranes?
c)
How are biomolecules formed?
d)
What gave rise to the Eukaryotic cell?
8.
Which type of cell came first?
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
c)
Plant
d)
Both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells evolved around the same time
9.
What process is shown within this diagram?
a)
Natural selection
b)
Endosymbiosis
c)
Chemical evolution
d)
Abiogenesis
10.
What gas was necessary for complex (eukaryotic) life to evolve?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Oxygen
c)
Dihydrogen monoxide
d)
Methane