Science & Origin of Life

Question 1

A branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged.

Answer 1

Science

Question 2

What is the meaning of Scientia?

Answer 2

Knowledge

Question 3

3 Main Branches of Science

Answer 3

Natural Science, Social Science, & Applied Science

Question 4

A branch of science that deals with the physical and natural world.
Ex. Physics, chemistry, geology, biology

Answer 4

Natural Science

Question 5

What are the 3 Branches of Natural Science?

Answer 5

Physical, Earth, Biological

Question 6

What are the 2 Physical Sciences?

Answer 6

Physics and Chemistry

Question 7

The study of matter and energy and interactions between them.

Answer 7

Physics

Physicists study such subjects as gravity, light, and time.

Question 8

The science that deals with the composition, properties, reactions, and the structure of matter.

Answer 8

Chemistry

Question 9

What are the 4 Earth Sciences?

Answer 9

Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Astronomy.

Question 10

The science of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that it has experienced or is experiencing.

Answer 10

Geology

Question 11

The exploration and study of the ocean.

Answer 11

Oceanography

Question 12

The science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena, such as weather and climate.

Answer 12

Meteorology

Question 13

The study of the universe beyond the Earth’s atmosphere.

Answer 13

Astronomy

Question 14

What are 4 Life Sciences?

Answer 14

Botany, Zoology, Genetics, Medicine

Question 15

The study of plants.

Answer 15

Botany

Question 16

The science that covers animals and animal life.

Answer 16

Zoology

Question 17

The study of heredity.

Answer 17

Genetics

Question 18

The science of diagnosing, treating, and preventing illness, disease, and injury.

Answer 18

Medicine

Question 19

What are the 6 Theories about the Origin of Life that was discussed?

Answer 19

1) Special Creation
2) Catastrophism
3) Panspermia
4) Chemical Evolution
5) Spontaneous Generation
6) Theory of Evolution

Question 20

What theory is this?

All the different forms of life that occur today on planet earth, have been created by God, the almighty.

Answer 20

Theory of Special Creation

Question 21

What are examples of Special Creation Theory?

Answer 21

Hindu mythology
Christian belief
Sikh mythology

Question 22

What theory is this?

It is simply a modification of the theory of Special Creation.

It states that there have been several creations of life by God, each preceded by a catastrophe resulting from some kind of geological disturbance different from that of previous ones.

Answer 22

Theory of Catastrophism

Question 23

Who were the main supporters of the Theory of Catastrophism?

Answer 23

Georgies Cuvier and Orbigney

Question 24

What theory is this?

Life has reached this planet Earth from other heavenly bodies such as meteorites, in the form of highly resistance spores of some organisms.

Answer 24

Cozmozoic Theory (Theory of Panspermia)

Question 25

Who proposed the Theory of Panspermia?

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Richter in 1865. Supported by Arrhenius (1908)

Question 26

What theory is this Origin of life on earth is the result of a slow and gradual process of chemical evolution that probably occured about 3.8 billion years ago.

Answer 26

Theory of Chemical Evolution. Also known as Materialistic or Physico-chemical Theory

Question 27

Who proposed the Theory of Chemical Evolution?

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A. I. Oparin, a Russian scientist (1923) J.B.S Haldane, an English scientist (1928)

Question 28

What theory is this? The natural process of life arising from non-living matter such as simple organic componds. This theory assumed that living organisms could arise suddenly and spontaneously from any kind of non-living matter.

Answer 28

Spontaneous Generation or Abiogensis

Question 29

Who was one of the firm believers in the Theory of Spontaneous Generation?

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Aristotle

Question 30

Who disproved the theory of Spontaneous Generation?

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Fransisco Redi (1665) Spallanzani (1765) Louis Pasteru (1864) - Swan neck experiment.

Question 31

What theory is this? Evolution by means of natural selection?

Answer 31

Theory of Evolution

Question 32

Who proposed the Theory of Evolution?

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Charles Darwin

Question 33

What is natural selection?

Answer 33

When members of a population die they are replaced by the progeny of parents better adapted to survive and reproduce in the environment in which natural selection takes place.

Question 34

It is anything that is or has ever been alive.

Answer 34

Living

Question 35

It is anything that is not now nor has never been alive.

Answer 35

Non-living

Question 36

What are the differences between Plants and Animals?

Answer 36

Plants: 1) Rooted in one place & do not move on their own. 2) Contain chlorophyll & can make their own food. 3) Give off oxygen and take in CO2 given off by animals. 4) Plant cells have cell walls 5) Either no or very basic ability to sense. Animals: 1) Ability to move freely. 2) Cannot make their own food & dependent on plants & other animals for food. 3) Give off CO2, which plants need to make food. 4) Do not have cell walls 5) More highly developed sensory & nervous system