Chapter Lesson1 Science Quiz

 Redi's observation of flies flying into an open container with meat helped lead to the rejection of which theory?

• Exogenesis

• Phylogenetics

• Spontaneous Generation

• Spontaneous Combustion

Where does the hypothesis of exogenesis suggest life began?

• Somewhere other than Earth

• On a volcano

• In the northern hemisphere

• In the oceans

Which of these explains that certain individuals are more likely to survive in a particular environment?

• Selection

• Adaptation

• Competition

• Variation

Which of these ideas explains that once a species appears on Earth, it never changes?

• Stagnation

• Fixity of Species

• Genetics

• Species Specialization

The theory that believes life can arise from nonliving materials.

• Exogenesis

• Panspermia

• Huh?

• Spontaneous Generation

This term describes the idea that the Universe and life were created by God.

• Abiogenesis

• Creationism

• Spontaneous Generation

• Exogensis

What was the name given to the carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, and water that filled the oceans at some point in Earth's past?

• Primordial Soup

• Exogenesis

• Panspermia

• Mutation

This term describes the idea that the Universe and life were created by God.

• Abiogenesis

• Creationism

• Spontaneous Generation

• Exogensis

Term meaning "a changing, an alteration, a turn for the worse"

• Primordial Soup

• Exogenesis

• Panspermia

• Mutation

Term that means "containing all kinds of seed"

• Primordial Soup

• Exogenesis

• Panspermia

• Mutation