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What did Miller and Urey's experiment simulate and produce?
What did Miller and Urey's experiment simulate and produce?
- Vesicles that grow and divide
- Amino acids, the building blocks of life (correct)
- Early bacteria evolution
- Basic mineral formation
Where could additional organic molecules have come from?
Where could additional organic molecules have come from?
- Underwater volcanoes
- High mountain peaks
- Desert sand dunes
- Deep-sea hydrothermal vents (correct)
What is the hyper-cycle model an explanation for?
What is the hyper-cycle model an explanation for?
- RNA enzyme discovery
- Bacterial evolution
- Origin of protocells (correct)
- Minimal characteristics of a cell
Which hypothesis supposes that in the first living organisms, nucleic acids played informational and catalytic roles?
Which hypothesis supposes that in the first living organisms, nucleic acids played informational and catalytic roles?
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What are scientists attempting to understand about early cellular evolution using genome analysis and experimental manipulations?
What are scientists attempting to understand about early cellular evolution using genome analysis and experimental manipulations?
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Which of the following is NOT a property of living organisms?
Which of the following is NOT a property of living organisms?
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What does the acronym LUCA stand for?
What does the acronym LUCA stand for?
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Which of the following statements about LUCA is correct?
Which of the following statements about LUCA is correct?
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Which of the following fields of study is NOT essential for understanding the origin of life?
Which of the following fields of study is NOT essential for understanding the origin of life?
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Who proposed the prebiotic soup theory for the origin of life?
Who proposed the prebiotic soup theory for the origin of life?
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