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Unit 01 Exam - Origin of Life Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The apparatus in the experiment was used to mimic what?
a)
Proteins
b)
Present Earth conditions
c)
Early Earth conditions
d)
Nucleic acids (DNA/RNA)
2.
Miller/Urey and other scientists have shown that:
a)
 Life on early Earth required material from space
b)
Cells survived in the primitive atmosphere
c)
Amino acids could be produced from inorganic molecules 
d)
Simple cells can be produced in a laboratory
3.

This theory of the origin of life states that living things come from nonliving matter.

a)

spontaneous generation

b)

bubble hypothesis

c)

Primordial Soup theory

d)

Meteorite theory

4.

Louis Pasteur used a goose-neck flask and demonstrated what?

a)

life spontaneously appears

b)

life begins from other organisms

c)

DNA is the building block

d)

Amino acids can be created artificially

5.

lightening and solar radiation provided enough energy to transform atmospheric chemicals into biomolecules, which then accumulated in the massive ocean covering the earth’s surface.

a)

primordial soup theory

b)

meteorite theory

c)

bubble theory

d)

spontaneous generation

6.

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

7.

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

8.

Fossil evidence suggests life on Earth arrived

a)

1.5 bya

b)

4.6 bya

c)

3.8-3.5 bya

d)

4-5 bya

9.

Earth's early atmosphere had no

a)

gasses

b)

volcanoes

c)

water vapor

d)

free oxygen

10.

The first prokaryotes did not require oxygen and were

a)

anaerobicc

b)

aerobic

c)

both aerobic an anaerobic

11.

This bacteria formed 3.5 bya and was photosynthetic and release oxygen into the atmosphere.

a)

cyanobacteria

b)

E. coli

c)

archae bacteria

d)

mitochondria

12.

Mitochondria and chloroplasts are thought to be ________________________ cells engulfed by a larger one.

a)

plants

b)

prokaryotic

c)

eikaryotic

d)

viruses

13.
The theory of Endosymbiosis explains...
a)
The origin of eukaryotes
b)
How species develop
c)
How bacteria evolved
d)
Why cells rely on one another
14.

Which types of organisms developed first due to the early environmental conditions on Earth?

a)

prokaryotic and aerobic

b)

prokaryotic and anaerobic

c)

eukaryotic and aerobic

d)

eukaryotic and anaerobic

15.

The diagram below shows a proposed theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells, called endosymbiosis.

Which of the following explains why cells that contained mitochondria-like organelles had an evolutionary advantage?

a)

They were able to photosynthesize

b)

They had more DNA

c)

They were able to make more use of available energy

d)

They were immune to bacterial invasion.

16.
Cells without a nucleus are said to be _____________________.
a)
Eukaryotic
b)
Prokaryotic
17.
What gas was necessary for complex (eukaryotic) life to evolve?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Oxygen
c)
Dihydrogen monoxide
d)
Methane
18.
Why is Deep Sea Vent Theory a possible explanation for life on Earth?
a)
It has biological communities and energy
b)
It is dark and no oxygen
c)
It has a light source and energy from the vents
d)
High levels of electricity are generated there
19.
What process is shown within this diagram?
a)
Natural selection
b)
Endosymbiosis
c)
Chemical evolution
d)
Abiogenesis
20.
Endosymbiosis gave rise to
a)
golgi bodies
b)
chloroplasts and mitochondrea
c)
ribosomes and nuclei
d)
the rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum
21.

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

22.

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

a)

oxygen

b)

hydrogen

c)

methane

d)

ammonia

23.

According to most scientists, which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the first cell(s)

a)

aerobic

b)

prokaryotic

c)

anaerobic

d)

heterotrophic

24.

How are mitochondria and chloroplasts like bacteria cells?

a)

They divide by meiosis

b)

They can make their own food

c)

They have the same membrane-bound organelles

d)

They contain their own DNA

25.

What two ways do autotrophs create their own food

a)

photosynthesis

b)

oxidation

c)

chemosynthesis

d)

spontaneous generation