Special Topics in Evolution True or False

1.	Which is NOT evidence that life on Earth had an extraterrestrial origin? -> Comets contain organic material such as coal True False
2.	Which is not a possible step in the scientifically proposed early origins of life? -> Coacervates develop DNA polymerase True False
3.	Why isn't DNA a proposed molecule of early genetic material? -> All of the above True False
4.	What was the purpose of the Miller-Urey experiment? -> To see if electrical energy was sufficient to catalyze chemical reactions to form biological molecules True False
5.	Which is not true of radiocarbon dating? -> It can be used to date fossils that are millions of years old True False
6.	Which of the following does not describe the "primordial soup?" -> Filled with coacervates True False
7.	Which of the following is NOT a level of Linnean taxonomy? -> Group True False
8.	Which of the following is NOT a flaw in the RNA world hypothesis? -> Meteorites are believed to collide with the Earth, disrupting possible "soups" from making life True False
9.	What LEAST describes the origins of chloroplasts in cells? -> They were formed under the colonial theory True False
10.	What does symbiotic theory propose? -> Organisms work best together True False

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