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ELS block 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What principle states that living organisms come only from other living organisms?

a)

Evolution

b)

Abiogenesis

c)

Biogenesis

d)

Cell Theory

2.

What is Spontaneous Generation?

a)

The theory that all living things are made of atoms

b)

The belief that life can arise from non-living matter

3.

What was demonstrated by the Miller-Urey experiment?

a)

Life can arise from maggots

b)

Organic molecules could form under prebiotic conditions

4.

What does the Cell Theory state?

a)

All living things are composed of cells, and all cells come from pre-existing cells

b)

All living things are made of atoms

5.

Who proposed the idea of Spontaneous Generation in ancient times?

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Alexander Oparin

c)

Aristotle

d)

Francesco Redi

6.

Which scientist disproved spontaneous generation using meat and maggots?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Francesco Redi

c)

Alexander Oparin

d)

Louis Pasteur

7.

What is the Primordial Soup Hypothesis?

a)

Life was created by divine intervention

b)

Life began in a soup of organic molecules under early Earth conditions

8.

Who proposed the Primordial Soup Hypothesis in the 1930s?

a)

Redi and Pasteur

b)

Oparin and Haldane

c)

Aristotle and Plato

d)

Miller and Urey

9.

Which experiment used a swan-neck flask to disprove spontaneous generation?

a)

Oparin’s experiment

b)

Miller-Urey experiment

c)

Pasteur’s experiment

10.

In what year did Miller and Urey conduct their famous experiment simulating early Earth conditions?

a)

1953

b)

1668

c)

1930

d)

1859