Introduction to Life Science: The Evolving Concept of Life Quiz

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What is another name for life science?

  • Botany
  • Biology (correct)
  • Microbiology
  • Zoology

Which scientific study focuses on microorganisms?

  • Botany
  • Biology
  • Microbiology (correct)
  • Zoology

What did some people believe about the origin of living organisms?

  • They were put on Earth by divine forces. (correct)
  • They were created by human intervention.
  • They came from other planets.
  • They originated from Earth through evolution.

What is the most accepted theory among scientists about the origin of life?

<p>Living organisms originated from inanimate matter on Earth. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the specific learning outcome related to identifying organisms and their enabling conditions?

<p>Identifying organisms and their enabling conditions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does life science primarily study?

<p>Living organisms and their vital processes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the literal meaning of 'primordial' in the context of the primordial soup theory?

<p>Beginning of time (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scientific community largely accepts the primordial soup theory regarding the origin of life on earth?

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

Who independently proposed the primordial soup theory in the 1920s?

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

Which gases are believed to have been abundant in the atmosphere of primitive earth according to the primordial soup theory?

<p>Methane, ammonia, and water vapor (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>To explore early Earth conditions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Sidney Fox's Thermal Synthesis experiment result in?

<p>Synthesis of protocells (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Jack Szostak's Protocell Experiment suggest were the two components needed for protocell formation?

<p>Nucleic acid genome and lipid sac (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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