Module 5 Introduction to Life Science

Question 1

a core belief in most of the major religions in the world and is the most widely accepted explanation about the origin of life.

Answer 1

Theory of Special Creation

Question 2

it states that living things just suddenly came into existence.

Answer 2

Theory of Spontaneous Generation

Question 3

The theory that living things can spontaneously generate from non-living or decaying matter

Answer 3

abiogenesis

Question 4

Foreign living organisms brought forth microorganisms

Answer 4

biogenesis

Question 5

7 Characteristics of LIfe

Answer 5

• nutrition
• reproduction
• excretory
• growth
• movement
• respiration
• sensitivity

Question 6

intercellular movement

Answer 6

cyclosis

Question 7

sum total of chemical reactions

Answer 7

metabolism

Question 8

breaking down

Answer 8

catabolism

Question 9

building up

Answer 9

anabolism

Question 10

ability of organisms to line in harmony

Answer 10

AIC
adjustment
integration
coordination

Question 11

• first one to experiment against SGT
• maggots
• raw meat

Answer 11

Francesco Redi
1668

Question 12

• replicated Redi
• broth

Answer 12

John Needham
1745

Question 13

• duplicated Needham

Answer 13

Lazzaro Spallanzani

Question 14

finally put an end to the theory of spontaneous generation
He discovered that the source of microorganisms for fermentation, such as for milk, sugar, and wine, was the air.
- S curved necks bottles

Answer 14

Louis Pasteur

Question 15

progressive development from non-living things

Answer 15

Abiogenetic Synthesis

Question 16

Electric sparks can generate amino acids and sugars from an atmosphere loaded with water, methane, ammonia and hydrogen

Answer 16

Lightning

Question 17

• organic chemist
• The first molecules of life might have met on clay
• clay breeding ground

Answer 17

Alexander Graham Cairns-Smith

Question 18

rocky nooks could then have concentrated these molecules together and provided mineral catalysts for critical reactions

Answer 18

-deep-sea vent theory
- submarine hydrothermal vents

Question 19

might have protected fragile organic compounds in the water below from ultraviolet light and destruction from cosmic impacts

Answer 19

Ice

Question 20

• can store information like DNA, serve as an enzyme like proteins, and help create both DNA and proteins
• performs several functions in organisms, including acting as an on-off switch for some genes.

Answer 20

Ribonucleic acid

Question 21

• smaller molecules interacting with each other in cycles of reactions

Answer 21

Life had simple beginnings

Question 22

Life was brought here from elsewhere in space

Answer 22

Panspermia