The Chemoton Concept Quiz

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What are the three fundamental properties that life should essentially have according to the chemoton model?

Metabolism, photosynthesis, and a cell wall

Growth, development, and a nucleus

Respiration, self-repair, and a protein coat

Metabolism, self-replication, and a bilipid membrane (correct)

What encloses the autocatalytic subsystem in the chemoton model?

A carbohydrate capsule

A cell wall

A bilipid membrane (correct)

A protein coat

According to the chemoton model, what functions form an autocatalytic subsystem necessary for the basic functions of life?

Metabolic and replication functions (correct)

Transport and communication functions

Respiration and excretion functions

Synthesis and degradation functions

What did Tibor Gánti suggest the chemoton to be?

The original ancestor of all organisms Signup and view all the answers

According to the chemoton model, what may be regarded as alive?

Any system having metabolism, self-replication, and a bilipid membrane Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes a physical constant from a mathematical constant?

A physical constant has a constant value in time and is universal in nature, while a mathematical constant has a fixed numerical value but does not involve any physical measurement Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a widely recognized physical constant?

Speed of light in vacuum (c) Signup and view all the answers

What does the dimensional form of the speed of light signify?

A maximum speed for any object, with its dimension being length divided by time Signup and view all the answers

Which physical constant is dimensionless?

Proton-to-electron mass ratio Signup and view all the answers

How is the term 'fundamental physical constant' sometimes used?

To refer to universal-but-dimensioned physical constants Signup and view all the answers

The Chemoton Concept Quiz

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What are the three fundamental properties that life should essentially have according to the chemoton model?

What encloses the autocatalytic subsystem in the chemoton model?

According to the chemoton model, what functions form an autocatalytic subsystem necessary for the basic functions of life?

What did Tibor Gánti suggest the chemoton to be?

According to the chemoton model, what may be regarded as alive?

What distinguishes a physical constant from a mathematical constant?

Which of the following is a widely recognized physical constant?

What does the dimensional form of the speed of light signify?

Which physical constant is dimensionless?

How is the term 'fundamental physical constant' sometimes used?

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