Lesson 1 Part 1 Origin Of Life

Question 1

It is the oldest Theory. It states that all living organisms are created by a supernatural power

Answer 1

Special Creation Theory

Question 2

On the 3rd day of creation, God brought forth a living creature. What are those four?

Answer 2

First animal, then fish and birds, land mammals and finally man

Question 3

It is said that life was the creation of Brahma

Answer 3

Hindu Mythology

Question 4

It was discarded as it did not stand in scientific arguments

Answer 4

Special Creation Theory

Question 5

It is that theory of spontaneous generation. Life can arise from non-living matter

Answer 5

Aristotle’s Theory of Spontaneous Generation

Question 6

He proposed that life arose from onliving material if the material contained pneuma (“vital heart “)

Answer 6

Aristotle

Question 7

This theory was accepted university for about 2000 years

Answer 7

Aristotle’s Theory

Question 8

He asserted that the seeds of life are present everywhere in the universe. He coined the term “panspermia” to describe the concept as life travelling between planets as seeds.

Answer 8

Anaxagoras (500-428 BCE)

Question 9

He refuses spontaneous generation by showing evidence (maggots in meat 🥩)

Answer 9

Francesco Redi’s experiment

Question 10

He subsequently proposed that “life only comes from life”.Also famous for the “ swan-neck flask experiment”

Answer 10

Louis Pasteur’s Experiment

Question 11

According to this theory, life did not arise on our planet. Life descended from other previous life-existing planets. [Highly resistance spores]

Answer 11

Cosmozoic Theory

Question 12

It overall lacks evidence. As living matter cannot survive. In extreme cold, dry days and ultraviolet radiation from the sun required for reaching the earth.

Answer 12

Cosmozoic Theory

Question 13

“Life formed in the primordial soup”

Answer 13

Oparin-Haldane Hypothesis

Question 14

It’s associated with the concept of abiogenesis (life emerges from non-living matter)

Answer 14

Primordial soup

Question 15

Tested Oparin-Haldane Hypothesis

Answer 15

Miller-Urey Experiment

Question 16

The theory presumes that the “seed” of life exist all over the universe and can be propagated through space, and that life on Earth originated from those seeds.​

Answer 16

Panspermia

Question 17

It is also called “panspermia” and “Spore Theory”​

Answer 17

Cosmozoic Theory

Question 18

Many people believe that life was put on Earth by Divine forces.​

Answer 18

Divine Creation

Question 19

Life arose from non-living matter. It stated that random events probably produced stable molecules that could self-replicate. Which eventually lead to the first cell.​

Answer 19

Abiogenesis

Question 20

Life arises from pre-existing life.​

Answer 20

Biogenesis