Introduction to Life Science: The Evolving Concept of Life
16 Questions
2 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

What is another term for life science?

  • Botany
  • Microbiology
  • Zoology
  • Biology (correct)

    • Which of the following is NOT a branch of life science mentioned in the text?

  • Astrophysics (correct)
  • Botany
  • Zoology
  • Microbiology

    • What is the study of microorganisms called?

  • Microbiology (correct)
  • Botany
  • Zoology
  • Astrophysics

    • What is the most accepted theory about the origin of life?

    <p>Life originated from inanimate matter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are living things also called, according to the text?

    <p>Organisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What specific learning outcome involves explaining evolution of life based on emerging pieces of evidence?

    <p>Explaining evolution of life based on emerging pieces of evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primordial soup theory?

    <p>A theory about the origin of life on Earth that suggests life originated from a mixture of organic matter in primitive water bodies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does 'primordial' mean in the context of the primordial soup theory?

    <p>Existing since the beginning of time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who proposed the primordial soup theory?

    <p>Alexander Oparin and John Haldane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of Stanley Miller and Harold Urey's Electrical Discharge Experiment?

    <p>To explore the conditions of the early Earth and what the naturally occurring results would be</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Sidney Fox demonstrate in his Thermal Synthesis experiment?

    <p>The origin of life using a specific mixture of pure, dry amino acids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Jack Szostak suggest about protocells in The Protocell Experiment?

    <p>That they required a nucleic acid genome and a lipid sac to be formed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the abundant sources of energy in the atmosphere of primitive Earth, according to the primordial soup theory?

    <p>Heat, lightning, and UV rays</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the gases present in the atmosphere of primitive Earth according to the primordial soup theory?

    <p>Methane, ammonia, water vapor, and very little oxygen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were produced in Stanley Miller and Harold Urey's Electrical Discharge Experiment?

    <p>Amino acids</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Sidney Fox's experiment result in?

    <p>Formation of microscopic globules called protenoid microspheres</p> Signup and view all the answers

    More Like This

    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Open
    Browser
    Browser