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EALS QUIZ 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This experiment was conducted by the scientists:

a)

Stanley Miller and Harold Urey

b)

Louis Pasteur and Francesco Redi

c)

Harold Urey and Albert Einstein

d)

James Watson and Francis Crick

2.

The _________ theory states that life can only come from living organisms.

a)

ABIOGENESIS

b)

SPONTANEOUS GENERATION

c)

BIOGENESIS

d)

PANSPERMIA

3.

The __________ hypothesis of Oparin and Haldane states that life originally formed in the ocean through mixture of gases in the atmosphere and energy from lightning.

a)

PANSPERMIA

b)

PROMORDIAL SOUP

c)

CATASTROPHISM

d)

WATER WORLD

4.

The cyanobacteria or _________ is said to be the first form of life on earth.

a)

STROMATOLITES

b)

BLUE-GREEN ALGAE

c)

RED ALGAE

d)

ARCHAEA

5.

It is a process where bacteria provide nutrients and energy to hydrothermal vent species in order to survive this extreme environment.

a)

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

b)

CHEMOSYNTHESIS

c)

GLYCOLYSIS

d)

RESPIRATION

6.

Which question were the scientists trying to answer with this experiment?

a)

How are biomolecules formed?

b)

Where do cells come from?

c)

What gave rise to the Eukaryotic cell?

d)

How did prokaryotes form cell membranes?

7.

Miller/Urey and other scientists have shown that:

a)

Simple cells can be produced in a laboratory

b)

Amino acids could be produced from inorganic molecules 

c)

Cells survived in the primitive atmosphere

d)

Life on early Earth required material from space

8.

Which type of cell came first?

a)

Plant

b)

Eukaryotic

c)

Prokaryotic

d)

Both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells evolved around the same time

9.

According to the Cosmozoic theory, where did life on Earth came from?

a)

Outer Space

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Oceans

d)

Atmosphere

10.

The concept of primordial soup suggests that ancient water bodies contained organic matter. With the help of sunlight, these organic molecules formed into more complex compounds. Which theory is being supported?

a)

Panspermia

b)

Biogenesis

c)

Abiogenesis

d)

Spontaneous Genration

11.

Amino acids are building blocks of____

a)

Carbohydrates

b)

Protein

c)

Lipids

d)

Nucleic Acids

12.

The diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?

a)

Fossils A is older than fossil B

b)

Fossil D is older than fossil C

c)

Fossil B is older than fossil C

d)

Fossil A and C are the same age

13.

Based upon the conditions of the early Earth, which forms of live most likely appeared first?

a)

Eukaryotic and aerobic

b)

Prokaryotic and aerobic

c)

Prokaryotic and anaerobic 

d)

Eukaryotic and anaerobic

14.

RNA World Theory states that ...

a)

Life came from non living things

b)

Life came from RNA

c)

Life came from outer space

d)

Life came from life

15.

The two extant species that are closely related to each other are __.

a)

A AND B

b)

B AND C

c)

C AND D

d)

D AND E

16.

Which level of life organization shows the combination of many ecosystems?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Community

c)

Population

d)

Biome

17.

Which organism is photosynthetic?

a)

deep-sea crab

b)

cyanobacteria

c)

tubeworm

d)

Archaebacteria

18.

Which of the following gases is not included in Miller-Urey experiment?

a)

CO2

b)

NH3

c)

CH4

d)

H2

19.

It is the process of conversion of carbon compounds and other molecules into organic compounds. In this biochemical reaction, methane or an inorganic compound, such as hydrogen sulfide or hydrogen gas, is oxidized to act as the energy source. This is done usually by microorganisms from the dark and deep hydrothermal vents of the sea floor.

(a)  

20.

Deepest part of the ocean floor explored by humans.

(a)