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What is considered to have been the first living cells?
What is considered to have been the first living cells?
- Bacterial cells
- Animal cells
- Plant cells
- Protocells (correct)
According to Alexander Oparin and J.B.S.Haldane, how did life originate on Earth?
According to Alexander Oparin and J.B.S.Haldane, how did life originate on Earth?
- After an extensive period of abiogenic molecular evolution (correct)
- Instantly from inorganic materials
- Through spontaneous generation
- Due to genetic mutation
What was referred to as a 'hot primordial soup' by J.B.S.Haldane?
What was referred to as a 'hot primordial soup' by J.B.S.Haldane?
- Accumulation of early organic molecules in the primitive ocean (correct)
- Formation of the first protocells
- Volcanic activity on Earth
- The emergence of multicellular organisms
What kind of atmosphere is mentioned as crucial for the formation of organic molecules according to Oparin and Haldane?
What kind of atmosphere is mentioned as crucial for the formation of organic molecules according to Oparin and Haldane?
What was the principal problem in determining the origin of life according to the text?
What was the principal problem in determining the origin of life according to the text?
Which external free energy source is mentioned as capable of acting on abiogenic materials to form organic molecules?
Which external free energy source is mentioned as capable of acting on abiogenic materials to form organic molecules?
What was the main contribution of the Miller-Urey experiment to the study of abiogenesis?
What was the main contribution of the Miller-Urey experiment to the study of abiogenesis?
What is a significant challenge to the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis according to recent discoveries?
What is a significant challenge to the Oparin-Haldane hypothesis according to recent discoveries?
How did a study in the 1980s resolve the chicken-egg paradox regarding the evolution of enzymes and nucleic acids?
How did a study in the 1980s resolve the chicken-egg paradox regarding the evolution of enzymes and nucleic acids?
What key characteristic allowed RNA to act as both an information carrier and a catalyst in the early stages of chemical evolution?
What key characteristic allowed RNA to act as both an information carrier and a catalyst in the early stages of chemical evolution?
What event was critical in kickstarting natural selection and subsequent evolution according to the text?
What event was critical in kickstarting natural selection and subsequent evolution according to the text?
In what way did the ability of RNA to act as both an information molecule and a catalyst influence early chemical evolution?
In what way did the ability of RNA to act as both an information molecule and a catalyst influence early chemical evolution?
