Biology Abiogenesis and Biogenesis Quiz

The Origin of life

Aleksandr Oparin wrote the book:

yes

Did Miller's experiment work?

support

Did Needham support or refute spontaneous generation?

refute

Did Redi support or refute spontaneous generation?

refute

Did Spallanzani support or refute spontaneous generation?

RNA, protein

What is believed to be the first molecule on earth as opposed to what?

no microorganisms grew

What was the result of Spallanzani's experiment?

microorganisms grew

What were Needham's experiment results?

Steven Miller

Who first tested Oparin's theory?

different chemicals are now believed to be the world's originating substances, and through those, the experiment did not work

Why isnt Miller's experiment valid?

broth was exposed to air, which holds microorganisms, also, cork is a cruddy seal

Why might've organisms grown in Needham's broth?

Tyndall

designed box coated with glycerin to collect all dust in the air and smash all remaining beliefs of spontaneous generation

Spontaneous generation

living things coming from nonliving things

Louis pasteur

refuted spontaneous generation by entering a contest and designing a flask so that air was able to access broth yet microorganisms were not

Spallanzani

refuted spontaneous generation by performing similar experiment to Needham HOWEVER sucked air from mouth of flask while transferring broth and sealed flask closed by melting it together

Redi

refuting spontaneous generation with the meat jar and flies experiement

abiogenesis

spontaneous generation is a form of _______

Needham

supported spontaneous generation by performing experiment of boiling broth and sealing it with a cork

life had chemical beginnings and started with a spark igniting primordial soup chemicals and creating amino acids

what was Oparin's theory?

no maggots in sealed jar, maggots in open and half-sealed jars claiming that the maggots were attracted to the meat not born by the meat

what were the results of Redi's experiment?

Louis pasteur

who technically proved spontaneous generation completely wrong?