13 Questions
What is another name for life science?
Biology
Which scientific study focuses on microorganisms?
Microbiology
What did some people believe about the origin of living organisms?
They were put on Earth by divine forces.
What is the most accepted theory among scientists about the origin of life?
Living organisms originated from inanimate matter on Earth.
What is the specific learning outcome related to identifying organisms and their enabling conditions?
Identifying organisms and their enabling conditions
What does life science primarily study?
Living organisms and their vital processes
What is the literal meaning of 'primordial' in the context of the primordial soup theory?
Beginning of time
Which scientific community largely accepts the primordial soup theory regarding the origin of life on earth?
Biologists
Who independently proposed the primordial soup theory in the 1920s?
Alexander Oparin and John Haldane
Which gases are believed to have been abundant in the atmosphere of primitive earth according to the primordial soup theory?
Methane, ammonia, and water vapor
What was the purpose of Stanley Miller and Harold Urey's Electrical Discharge Experiment?
To explore early Earth conditions
What did Sidney Fox's Thermal Synthesis experiment result in?
Synthesis of protocells
What did Jack Szostak's Protocell Experiment suggest were the two components needed for protocell formation?
Nucleic acid genome and lipid sac
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