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Webcytology was created for ThinkQuest 1999.
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The origin of life

[go to this section in the Guide]
Chapter One: An Introduction to Cells


Question 1
 Who was the first scientist to hypothesize how life formed?
   1.  Virchow
2.  Oparin
3.  Hooke
4.  Miller
 

Question 2
 When life was first formed, biologists believe that oxygen
   1.  was commonly found freely floating in the atmosphere
2.  did not exist
3.  was present on Earth, but only as part of other molecules such as water
4.  existed only in areas with low temperatures
 

Question 3
 Stanley Miller's famous experiments in the 1950s showed that
   1.  under the proper conditions, organic molecules could be formed from the compounds which scientists believe existed when life formed
2.  free oxygen was a crucial component of the primitive Earth's atmosphere
3.  previously hypothesized ideas about the formation of life were probably incorrect
4.  the Earth was probably not as violent a place as was originally thought
 

Question 4
 The energy necessary to forge the first organic molecules was provided by all of the following except
   1.  rain
2.  lightning
3.  ultraviolet rays
4.  volcanoes
 


 
 

ThinkQuest Team #27819 - 27819@for.net
Team: Andrew Kallem, Josh Tauberer
Coaches: Ms. Acerra, Mr. Kwitkin