Abiogenesis - Quiz
A) Alexander Oparin B) Charles Darwin C) Stanley Miller D) Herbert Spencer
A) 1952 B) 1864 C) 1924 D) 1871
A) A lipid bilayer B) A carbohydrate chain C) A nucleic acid D) A protein compound
A) Present-day living creatures would devour or absorb it B) Ultraviolet radiation destroys it today C) There is too much oxygen present today D) Temperatures are too high today
A) J. D. Bernal and Joseph Hooker B) Alexander Oparin and J. B. S. Haldane C) Herbert Spencer and William Turner Thiselton-Dyer D) Stanley Miller and Harold Urey
A) Pure liquid methane B) A hot dilute soup C) Molten lava and sulfur D) A concentrated ammonia solution
A) Joseph Hooker B) J. D. Bernal C) Harold Urey D) Herbert Spencer
A) Three B) Five C) Two D) Four
A) The evolution from molecules to cells B) The origin of biological polymers C) The formation of the primitive atmosphere D) The origin of biological monomers
A) The evolution from molecules to cells B) The origin of biological polymers C) The origin of biological monomers D) The condensation of gas clouds
A) The origin of biological monomers B) The origin of biological polymers C) The creation of stellar nucleosynthesis D) The evolution from molecules to cells
A) 1967 B) 1871 C) 1924 D) 1952
A) Magnetic pulses B) An electric current C) Ultraviolet radiation D) Intense heat
A) Hydrogen, oxygen, and ozone B) Oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and helium C) Carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and neon D) Methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and water vapor
A) Monosaccharides B) Amino acids C) Phospholipids D) Nucleotides
A) The complete absence of water vapor B) A physical-chemical explanation for sources and sinks for free energy C) The existence of modern prokaryotic cells D) A massive presence of atmospheric oxygen
A) Frozen and solid B) Weakly reducing or neutral C) Extremely oxygen-rich D) Completely oxidizing
A) Phosphoric salts and sulfur B) Lithium and helium C) Iron and carbonate minerals D) Ammonia and methane gas
A) Desert sand dunes and glacial ice sheets B) Outer space and deep-sea hydrothermal vents C) Stratospheric clouds and subterranean caves D) Volcanic craters and shallow freshwater lakes
A) 14 billion years ago (14 Gya) B) 1.8 billion years ago C) 20 billion years ago D) 4.6 billion years ago (4.6 Gya)
A) Sodium, potassium, and calcium B) Carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen C) Hydrogen, helium, and lithium D) Iron, nickel, and silicon
A) By volcanic eruptions on early planets B) Gravitational accretion at the hot and dense centers of rotating protostellar disks C) Through sudden chemical reactions in primordial soup D) Via the cooling of liquid water oceans
A) Radioactive decay B) Planetary accretion C) Photosynthesis D) Stellar nucleosynthesis
A) Iron-56 B) Carbon-12 C) Lithium-7 D) Hydrogen-1
A) During the Big Bang itself B) Inside white dwarf stars C) During the nebular condensation of the Sun D) During supernovas at the end of a star's lifecycle
A) Carbon B) Hydrogen C) Oxygen D) Iron
A) Protostars B) White dwarf stars C) Neutron stars D) Red supergiant stars
A) Electric currents passing through ammonia B) The cooling of pure hydrogen gas clouds C) The activity of deep-sea hydrothermal vents D) Ejection of heavier elements like carbon and oxygen by white dwarf stars
A) 14 Gya B) 10 Gya C) 1.8 Gya D) 4.6 Gya
A) The sudden cooling of the primordial soup B) Gravitational collapse of part of a giant molecular cloud C) A massive supernova explosion nearby D) The fusion of lithium and helium in open space
A) The Sun B) The Earth C) Jupiter D) A white dwarf
A) A primordial ocean B) A warm little pond C) A stellar nursery D) A protoplanetary disk
A) Constant energy consumption and growth. B) Reproduction with heritable variations. C) The translation of RNA into functional proteins. D) Metabolic reactions and cellular self-assembly.
A) Latest universal cellular assembler. B) Last universal common ancestor. C) Longest universal common ancestor. D) Last unicellular common assemblage.
A) A single-celled organism. B) A free-floating viral cluster. C) A multicellular marine plant. D) A complex anaerobic animal.
A) Glycolysis. B) The Krebs cycle. C) The Wood–Ljungdahl metabolic pathway. D) The Calvin cycle.
A) Aminoacyl transferase. B) DNA polymerase. C) RNA ribozyme. D) ATP synthase.
A) Only in artificial laboratory simulations B) Yes C) Only in extraterrestrial environments D) No
A) Prebiotic synthesis. B) Biological evolution. C) Aerobic respiration. D) DNA replication.
A) Readily understood. B) Completely mysterious. C) Impossible to track. D) Disputed in detail.
A) Astrobiology. B) Paleontology. C) Geology. D) Biochemistry.
A) How multicellular animals evolved from plants. B) How modern DNA polymerase replicates without errors. C) How all these chemicals came into being. D) Why other planets lack liquid water.
A) Biosynthesis B) Abiogenesis is the only term C) Biopoiesis D) Cytogenesis
A) Lipids B) Carbohydrates C) Nucleic acids D) Amino acids
A) 1000 B) 60 C) 355 D) 12
A) 60 B) 100 C) 355 D) 5000
A) Western Australia B) Greenland C) Quebec D) South Africa
A) 17th century B) 18th century C) 19th century D) 20th century
A) Robert Hooke B) Francesco Redi C) Thomas Browne D) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
A) Plant roots B) Mammalian organs C) Microorganisms D) Fossils
A) 1650s B) 1660s C) 1680s D) 1700s
A) Thomas Browne B) Francesco Redi C) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek D) Robert Hooke
A) Principia Mathematica B) Pseudodoxia Epidemica C) Micrographia D) Origin of Species
A) Anaxagoras B) Francesco Redi C) Robert Hooke D) Thomas Browne
A) Spontaneous generation B) Panspermia C) Abiogenesis D) Evolution
A) Francesco Redi B) Thomas Browne C) Anaxagoras D) Aristotle
A) Saturn B) Mars C) Jupiter D) Venus
A) Proterozoic B) Hadean C) Phanerozoic D) Archean
A) T Tauri B) Theia C) Imbrium D) Narryer
A) The liquid oceans B) The continental crust C) The magnetic field D) The primary atmosphere
A) 5.5 B) 8.2 C) 7.0 D) 4.0
A) A gigantic, productive outdoor chemical laboratory B) A highly oxygenated greenhouse environment C) A calm, neutral layer of inert gases D) A sterile, frozen expanse of ice and rock
A) Red giant stage B) T Tauri stage C) Main sequence stage D) Supernova stage
A) Moon-forming impact hypothesis B) Primary atmosphere accretion hypothesis C) Abiotic chemistry hypothesis D) Late Heavy Bombardment hypothesis
A) More than one hundred meters B) Exactly five meters C) More than ten meters D) Less than one meter
A) 0–10 °C B) 20–40 °C C) 200–250 °C D) 100–150 °C
A) Advanced cellular fossilization B) Rapid biological evolution C) Photosynthetic oxidation by cyanobacteria D) Abiotic processes in silica-rich waters
A) Northern Quebec B) Akilia Island, southwestern Greenland C) Jack Hills D) Western Australia
A) Garnet crystals B) Zircon crystals C) Quartz crystals D) Pyrite crystals
A) Isua supracrustal belt garnet crystals B) Dresser Formation stromatolites C) Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt microbialites D) Jack Hills zircons
A) Silica-rich chemical gardens B) Stromatolites C) Banded iron formations D) Microbialites
A) Deep-sea archaea B) Fungi and lichens C) Cyanobacteria D) Hydrothermal vent bacteria
A) Abiotic precipitation B) Molecular clocking C) Stellar nucleosynthesis D) Pseudo-panspermia
A) Magnetic fields B) Ionizing radiation C) Solar flares D) Extreme cold
A) Ribose B) Glucose C) Methionine D) Guanine
A) Leucine B) Valine C) Glycine D) Alanine
A) 10 million tons B) 40,000 tons C) 5 million tons D) 1,000 tons
A) Nucleotides B) Water molecules C) Amino acids D) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
A) During the formation of the Earth B) Just before the formation of the solar system C) In the last billion years D) Shortly after the Big Bang
A) Alpha Centauri B) Betelgeuse C) HH 46-IR D) Proxima Centauri
A) Hydrogenation B) Evaporation C) Sublimation D) Photosynthesis
A) Extreme temperature B) High magnetic charge C) Radioactive decay D) Peculiar surface-catalytic activities
A) Its heavy molecular weight B) Its magnetic properties C) Its bright green color D) 12C/13C isotopic ratios
A) Fructose B) Sucrose C) Glycolaldehyde D) Galactose
A) 1960s B) 1920s C) 1950s D) 1860s
A) Breslow experiment B) Oró experiment C) Butlerov experiment D) Miller–Urey experiment
A) 20 B) 10 C) 30 D) 40
A) Formaldehyde B) Cyanide C) Ammonia D) Formamide
A) Iron B) Calcium C) Sodium D) Magnesium
A) 1953 B) 1959 C) 1965 D) 1861
A) Pyrimidine B) Purine C) Formaldehyde D) Formamide
A) Formaldehyde B) Ammonia C) Hydrogen cyanide D) Cyanoacetylene
A) Intense ultraviolet radiation B) High vacuum C) Freezing temperatures D) Boiling temperatures
A) Eutectic freezing B) Crystallization C) Thermal expansion D) Sublimation
A) Their evaporation B) Their hydrolysis C) Their oxidation D) Their polymerization
A) They require extremely high pressure B) They also catalyze peptide hydrolysis C) They destroy amino acids instantly D) They only work in a vacuum
A) Cyanamide B) Ethanol C) Methane D) Glucose
A) Carbonyl sulfide B) Hydrogen sulfide C) Sulphur hexafluoride D) Sulfuric acid
A) 2021 B) 2023 C) 2024 D) 2019
A) Producing free fatty acids B) Generating atmospheric oxygen C) Concentrating prebiotically relevant building blocks D) Directly synthesizing DNA |
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