1.

According to the big bang theory

a. The universe expanded out from a single point
b. Earth and our sun formed simultaneously
c. Carbon and oxygen were the first elements to form
d. All of the above
2. Stanley Millers experiment demonstrated that
a. Earth is more than 4 billon
b. Under some conditions, amino acids can assemble spontaneously
c. Oxygen is necessary for all life
d. DNA is less stable than RNA
3. According to one hypothesis, negatively charged clay particles played a role in early
a. Protein formation
b. DNA replication
c. Photosynthesis
d. Oxygen declines
4. The prevalence of ________in living organisms is taken as support for the idea that life arose
near deep sea vents
a. Mitochondria
b. Iron-sulfide cofactors
c. DNA
d. Plasma membrane
5. A stromatolite is a structure
a. Produced by endosymbiosis
b. That formed only on the early Earth
c. Consisting of layered bacteria and sediment
d. That expels hot water from deep in the Earth

Chronologically arrange the evolutionary events, with 1 being the earliest and 6 the most recent

____1. a. onset of oxygen releasing pathway of photosynthesis

____2. B. origin of mitochondria

____3. C. origin of protocells

____4. D. emergence of the first eukaryotes

____5. E. origin of chloroplasts

____6. F. the big bang

TRUE OR FALSE

1. LIQUID WATER IS ESSENTIAL TO LIFE BECAUSE MOLECULES THAT CARRY OUT METABOLIC
REACTIONS HAVE TO BE DISSOLVED IN WATER

2. STANLEY MILLER AND HAROLD UREY TESTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT LIGHTNING COULD HAVE
POWERED SYNTHESIS REACTIONS IN EARTHS ATMOSPHERE

3. MODERN DAY ASTEROIDS THAT FALL TO EARTH SOMETIMES CONTAIN AMINO ACIDS
4. CYANOBACTERIA CARRY OUT PHOTOSYNTHESIS

5. GEMMATA OBSCURIGLOBULUS ARE SIMILAR TO THE SULFUR BACTERIA COMMON IN MODERN

MUD FLATS.

Choose one topic and explain in your own words.

Lightning Fueled Atmospheric Reaction

Reactions at Hydrothermal Vents

Delivery from Space