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- 1. Multiple Choice
This experiment was conducted by the scientists:Stanley Miller and Harold UreyHarold Urey and Albert EinstineHarrison Ford and Denzel WashingtonJames Watson and Francis Crick - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich question were the scientists trying to answer with this experiment?Where do cells come from?What came first the chicken or the egg?How are biomolecules formed?What gave rise to the Eukaryotic cell?
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe apparatus in the experiment was used to mimic what?proteinsEarth's present conditionsearly Earth's conditionsthey didn't mean to mimic anything in particular
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe gas in the apparatus mimicked?spacetimestarsatmosphere
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe electrical sparks mimicked?heat waveslighteningvolcanohurricane
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe water used in the apparatus was used to mimic what part of early Earth?seaswimming pooloceanrain
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the result of the Miller-Urey Experiment?amino acidsnucleotideslipidsglucose
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the product of the Miller-Urey Experiment?Simple amino acidsSimple nucleotidesSimple lipidsSimple monosaccarides
- 9. Multiple ChoiceMiller/Urey and other scientists have shown that:Life on early Earth required material from spaceCells survived in the primitive atmosphereAmino acids could be produced from inorganic moleculesSimple cells can be produced in a laboratory
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was probably not present in the atmosphere of the primitive Earth?MethaneOxygenWaterCarbon dioxide
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of cell came first?EukaryoticProkaryoticPlantBoth Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells evolved around the same time
- 12. Multiple ChoiceBased upon the conditions of the early Earth, which forms of live most likely appeared first?Prokaryotic and aerobicProkaryotic and anaerobicEukaryotic and aerobicEukaryotic and anaerobic
- 13. Multiple ChoiceEarth formed 4.5 billion years ago, but life did not show until around...3.5 billion years ago1 million years ago200,000 years ago4.2 billion years ago
- 14. Multiple Choice
The Earth's early atmosphere was primarily composed of carbon dioxide. What type of organism could survive in these conditions? YOU MAY SELECT MORE THAN 1 ANSWER
Aerobic Prokaryote
Aerobic Eukaryote
Anaerobic Prokaryote
Photosynthetic Prokaryote
- 15. Multiple Choice
Miller/Urey and other scientists studying the origin of life have shown that:
Formation of life on early Earth required material from space
Simple cells can be produced in a laboratory using spontaneous generation
Oxygen and water were present in the atmosphere to support life
Organic molecules like amino acids and nucleotides could be produced from abiotic/inorganic molecules
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which came first?
Organic molecules
Genetic code
dinosaurs
eukaryotes
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following WERE abundant on early earth? YOU MAY SELECT MORE THAN 1
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Water
Sunlight
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was probably not present in the atmosphere of the primitive Earth?methaneoxygenwatercarbon dioxide
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was Stanley Miller able to produce in his 1953 experiment?prokaryotesamino acidslipidsproteins
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe smallest unit which can be considered life is called __________.a prokaryotea LUCAa cella phospholipid
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