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- 1. Multiple Choice
The idea that Earth's early oceans had organic molecules that became the first life is called.primordial soupbubble hypothesisMiller-Urey Experimentradioactive dating theory - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is meant by the term "evoloution"?change over timeincreasing complexitymutationincreasing in numbers
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat allowed larger, more complex life to form during ancient Earth?oxygen in the oceans and atmospherecarbon dioxide increased in the atmospherehigh energy, inorganic compounds
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following describes what the first life form resembled?EukaryotesPlantsBacteriaFungi
- 5. Multiple ChoiceCells without a nucleus are said to be _____________________.EukaryoticProkaryotic
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat gas was necessary for complex (eukaryotic) life to evolve?Carbon dioxideOxygenDihydrogen monoxideMethane
- 7. Multiple Choice
Abiogenesis
a change in a species over time; process by which modern organisms have decended from ancient organisms
A theory that life comes from non-living objects
The species from whom a current one has decended
A theory that life come from life
- 8. Multiple Choice
Ancestor
The species from whom a current one has descended
The process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest
A theory that life come from life
Inherited characteristic that increase an organisms chance of survival
- 9. Multiple Choice
The early Earth's atmosphere was lacking:
Carbon Dioxide
Water
Lightning
Oxygen
- 10. Multiple Choice
What type of organisms created oxygen for early life on Earth?
Heterotrophic Bacteria
Photosynthetic Bacteria
Animals
Plants
- 11. 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
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of cell came first?EukaryoticProkaryoticPlantBoth Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells evolved around the same time
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe diagram shows fossils in different rock layers. Which of these statements about the age of these fossils is most likely correct?Fossil A and C are the same ageFossil B is older than fossil CFossils A is older than fossil BFossil D is older than fossil C
- 14. 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
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe Miller-Urey experiment of 1953 was designed to test the hypothesis that lightning supplied the energy needed to turn atmospheric gases into organic molecules such as amino acids. Which of the following describes why the Miller-Urey theory is widely accepted today?Amino acids spontaneously form from molecules in the atmosphere todayOrganic molecules are present today in extremely high concentrationsThe process of synthesizing organic molecules from a mixture of gases has been successfully modeled in the laboratoryNo other alternative hypotheses have been introduced
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the product of the Miller-Urey Experiment?Simple amino acidsSimple nucleotidesSimple lipidsSimple monosaccarides
- 17. 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
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhich scientist(s) suggested early earth was very different from present day and that lightning and volcanic activity catalyzed the creation of organic molecules to form a "primordial soup" from which life arose?Oparin-HaldaneMiller-UreyPasteurSpallanzani
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following concepts explains the presence of mitochondria and chloroplasts in eukaryotic cells?Bubble hypothesisPanspermiaSpontaneous generationEndosymbiotic theory
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich scientist designed a special flask that allowed air in but kept microbes out and once and for all disproved spontaneous generation?RediNeedhamSpallanzaniPasteur
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the four biological molecules?proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acidsA, T, C, Gwater, air, earth, and fireJoe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich biomolecule is made of nucleotides and contain you DNA?CarbohydrateLipidsProteinNucleic Acid
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich biomolecule is made of amino acids?Nucleic AcidCarbohydrateProteinLipid
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich biomolecule contain your genetics?CarbohydrateLipidNucleic AcidProtein
- 25. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the biomoleculeCarbohydrateLipidProteinNucleic Acid
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which biomolecule makes up your cell membrane?
Carbohydrate
Lipid
Nucleic Acid
Protein
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