Chemical Evolution and Stanley Miller's Experiment Quiz

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What highly reactive radicals condensed to form hydrocarbons in the prebiotic soup?

  • CH- and CH2- (correct)
  • CO2 and H2O
  • H2 and O2
  • N2 and NH3

Which gases prevailed in the ancient world during the chemical evolution process?

  • Noble gases
  • Reduced gases (correct)
  • Oxidized gases
  • Inert gases

Experimental validation of chemical evolution was done by whom in 1953?

  • Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr
  • Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
  • Stanley Miller and Harold Urey (correct)
  • Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei

What is the term used for the colloidal aggregates of organic molecules surrounded by a water shell?

<p>Protobionts (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of bacteria synthesized bacterial chlorophyll during biological evolution?

<p>Some bacteria synthesized bacterial chlorophyll (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What evolved into true chlorophyll during the formation of oxygenic photoautotrophs?

<p>Bacterial chlorophyll (iron porphyrin) (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the proposed theory of the chemical and biological origin of life, also known as the Coacervate theory?

<p>Proposed by A.I.Oparin and J.B.S Haldane in the 1920s (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which external sources of energy were believed to have played a role in the chemical evolution for the origin of life on Earth?

<p>UV radiation, lightning, volcanic eruption (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During Earth's early history, what compound was abundant in the primitive atmosphere but free oxygen was absent?

<p>Ammonia (NH3) (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What process condensed water vapor into rain that eventually formed oceans on early Earth?

<p>Condensation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the lighter elements that flowed to Earth's surface as it cooled down over millions of years?

<p>Helium, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientists proposed the theory that genetic material originated from inorganic components during the formation of early life on Earth?

<p>A.I.Oparin and J.B.S Haldane (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theory proposes that all living organisms on Earth are created by a divine power?

<p>Theory of Special Creation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Baron Georges Cuvier, a French naturalist, is associated with which theory about the origin of life?

<p>Theory of Catastrophism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theory proposes that life reached Earth from outer space via resistant spores that evolved into different organisms?

<p>Cosmozoic theory or Panspermia (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of the text, who objected to the Cosmozoic theory or Panspermia?

<p>Francis Crick and L.E Orgel (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theory suggests that the earth has been largely shaped by violent, worldwide events and then new life forms arise following these catastrophic events?

<p>Theory of Catastrophism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theory involves the belief that life existed elsewhere in the universe and reached Earth from outer space via resistant spores?

<p>Cosmozoic theory or Panspermia (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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