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Biophysics quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4mins

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Class
Date
1.

Miller and Urey's experiment supports which of the following theories on the origin of life?

a)

Panspermia

b)

God creation

c)

Abiotic origin of life

d)

Ice origins

2.

The panspermia theory suggests

a)

Life originated from abiotic molecules

b)

Asteroid/rock carrying microbes hit the earth

c)

Life originated from melted ice

d)

Life originated from hydrothermal vents

3.

How were biomolecules formed according to the theory of abiotic origin of life?

a)

Lightning caused the reactions to create life

b)

Lightning caused the reaction to create the first biomolecules

c)

The lightning caused the death of life

d)

All of these are correct

4.

The first biomolecules that were formed were concentrated into the early seas. This is known as

a)

Warm seas

b)

Primordial soup

c)

Carbon soup

d)

All of these are correct

5.

Which of the following theories suggest that life must've been first created in the depths of the ocean?

a)

Panspermia

b)

God creation

c)

Meteorite crash

d)

Hydrothermal vents

6.

What is a protocell?

a)

First-formed cellular structure

b)

Oldest cellular organization

c)

A cell formed in the hydrothermal vents

d)

All of these

7.

Which of the following theory, justifies that organisms evolved from water to land?

a)

Panspermia

b)

God Creation

c)

Abiotic origin of life

d)

Life creation from ice

8.

Which of the following is true about the "clay theory"?

a)

Clay has miniature crystals

b)

Water must've been necessary for the creation of life

c)

Clay crystals go through a cycle similar to genetic mutations

d)

All of these are correct

9.

What are the basic necessities for the creation of life?

a)

CH4, CO2

b)

NH3, PO4

c)

H2, H2O

d)

All of these

10.

All life forms can be divided into 2 groups, which are there?

a)

Lithotrophs

b)

Autotrophs

c)

Heterotrophs

d)

Photosynthetic

11.

Autotrophs are organisms that can

a)

Breakdown simple molecules

b)

Generate their own energy

c)

Utilize other organisms for their energy requirements

d)

All of these are correct

12.

What is the full form of LUCA?

a)

Last unknown common ancestor

b)

Last universal common ancestor

c)

Last underdeveloped common ancestor

d)

Least understood common ancestor

13.

Who is LUCA?

a)

The first life form that must've formed that can be traced

b)

The earliest/oldest living fossil found

c)

The first bacterial cell

d)

Can't say

14.

Which are the 3 domains of life?

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Archea

c)

Bacteria

d)

Eukarya

15.

How is the evidence for LUCA found?

a)

Common ancestor traced

b)

Common genes between 3 domains of life

c)

The oldest living fossils examined

d)

Can't say

16.

The origin of living organisms from inorganic, non-living material is known as

a)

The great oxygenation event

b)

Abiogenesis

c)

Genesis

d)

None of these

17.

Which of the following are fundamentally present in all living organisms?

a)

Nucleic acids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Proteins

d)

Lipds

18.

Which of the following molecules is thought to have assembled first to create the first cell-like structure?

a)

Nucleic acids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Proteins

d)

Lipids

19.

Which part of lipid molecules is hydrophilic?

a)

The head

b)

The tail

c)

The carboxylic end

d)

None of these

20.

Which of the following forces caused the formation of the lipid bilayer that formed the very first cell-like structure?

a)

Hydrogen bonding between lipid molecules

b)

van der Waal's interactions between lipid molecules

c)

Hydrophobic interactions between lipid molecules

d)

Covalent bonding between lipid molecules

21.

How are free ions are known to affect the aggregated lipid structure that is formed?

a)

They stabilize it

b)

They encourage more lipid association

c)

They destroy it

d)

None of these

22.

"RNA was the essential precursor that led to the formation of the first living matter"... this is known as the ________

a)

Abiogenesis

b)

Endosymbiotic theory

c)

RNA world hypothesis

d)

Pangenesis

23.

Which of the following evidence supports the endosymbiotic theory?

a)

Mitochondria and chloroplasts have the same function

b)

Mitochondria and chloroplasts have a photosynthetic function

c)

Mitochondria and chloroplasts carry out aerobic respiration

d)

Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA

24.

The endosymbiotic theory is used to explain which of the following?

a)

How cells were first formed

b)

How life originated

c)

How chloroplasts were first formed

d)

All of these are correct

25.

Which organism is known to have caused the first mass extinction in history?

a)

Photosynthetic bacteria

b)

Aerobic bacteria

c)

Chloroplasts

d)

Photosynthetic eukaryotes