HOL 1

Question 1

Germ Hypothesis

Answer 1

Preexisting microorganisms present in the air can contaminate the nutrient broth

Question 2

Spontaneous Generation Hypothesis

Answer 2

Living organisms can be generated spontaneously from nonliving organic molecules in broth

Question 3

What did Louis Pasteur Disprove

Answer 3

Spontaneous generation Hypothesis

Question 4

Oparin-Haldane hypothesis

Answer 4

life arose gradually from inorganic molecules, with “building blocks” like amino acids forming first and then combining to make complex polymers

Question 5

Steps of Oparin-Haldane

Answer 5

Organic molecules including amino acids and nucleotides were synthesized first
Then, these building blocks were assembled into polymers of proteins and nucleic acids in the prebiotic soup
The polymers formed a self-replicating organism that fed on the existing organic molecules

Question 6

What does the concept of protocell refer to

Answer 6

compartment where replication of the primitive genetic material took place and where primitive catalysts gave rise to products that accumulated locally for the benefit of the replicating cellular entity.