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Origin of Life Quiz Review

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What were the first living things on earth?heterotrophic,anaerobic, prokaryotes
Who tried to disprove spontaneous generation with meat in a jar?Francesco Redi
What instrument was used in Pasteur's experiment?swan neck flask
Who founded the field of microbiology?Louis Pasteur
What did Redi's experiment show?life comes from other living sources
What is the process called when CO2 serves as a carbon source?chemosynthesis
What was first proposed by Margulis?there was a beneficial relationship between anaerobic prokaryotes that housed the first aerobic prokaryotes
What is endosymbiosis?a mutually beneficial relationship between 2 organizms, one lives inside the other
How many half-lives have passed if 6.25% of the radioactive sample remains?4
Why don't organisms from non-living material form today?Oxygen prevents organic organisms from forming spontaneously
ChemosynthesisThe energy that is used by a non-photosynthetic autotrophic organism
Why did RNA may have started life on earth?It was simple in structure
If a fossil has 25% of radioactive element remaining, how many half-lives have passed?3
What is biogenesis?Life comes from other life


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West Essex High School
North Caldwell, NJ

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