LT 1.1 Questions

Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE: The light emanating from the sun made the conditions on early Earth too harsh to support earliest forms of life

Answer 1

False

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE: Fungi procure nutrients by secreting digestive enzymes and then reabsorbing nutrients from around their immediate environment.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

TRUE OR FALSE: One example of a characteristic of life that is not exhibited all throughout the life cycle of an organism is reproduction, as is demonstrated in human menopause and andropause.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

TRUE OR FALSE: A plant growing towards the direction of light is an example of growth.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

TRUE OR FALSE: Protocell refers to a cell-like structure that is delimited spatially by a growing membrane boundary.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

TRUE OR FALSE: The hypothesis that life started in deep-sea thermal vents was brought about upon the discovery of the world’s first active hydrothermal vents, where it was found that a biological community was thriving inside.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE: A large amount of energy is required in catabolic reactions.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

TRUE OR FALSE: The Lightning Theory was formulated by Harold and Miller in their 1952 experiment where they simulated a lightning strike by incorporating an electric discharge during the synthesis of biomolecules.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

TRUE OR FALSE: Natural selection is the process by which organisms develop adaptations over time that make them better suited to their environment and the changes that occurs in it.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Human bodies are made up of 65% water. Water is an example of what level in the hierarchy of life?

Answer 10

Molecule

Question 11

You shined a flashlight on your classmate’s eye and you observed that the pupil constricted. What characteristic of living things did you observe?

Answer 11

Response to stimulus

Question 12

This is the term by which the body filters out waste products.

Answer 12

Excretion

Question 13

Who was the scientist who came up with the term “Primordial soup?”

Answer 13

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane

Question 14

This is the term that pertains to growth from within cells.

Answer 14

Intussusception

Question 15

The presence of a high ratio of this carbon isotope is an indicator of living processes.

Answer 15

12C