AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

THE ORIGIN OF LIFE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This theory of the origin of life states that living things come from nonliving matter.
A
spontaneous generation
B
bubble hypothesis
C
Primordial Soup theory
D
Meteorite theory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Spontaneous generation theory is an archaic scientific theory which stated that living organisms could arise from nonliving matter and that such a process was regular in nature. It also explained the origin of life from the nonliving subjects.

Detailed explanation-2: -Theory of abiogenesis refers to the origin of life from a non living matter. The theory is coined by Huxley.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abiogenesis, the theory that life evolved from nonliving chemical systems, replaced spontaneous generation as the leading theory for the origin of life. Haldane and Oparin theorized that a “soup” of organic molecules on ancient Earth was the source of life’s building blocks.

Detailed explanation-4: -spontaneous generation, the hypothetical process by which living organisms develop from nonliving matter; also, the archaic theory that utilized this process to explain the origin of life.

Detailed explanation-5: -Spontaneous Generation The fact that only cells are able to produce more cells is part of cell theory. The idea that organisms can develop independently of cells is called spontaneous generation, and it isn’t supported by cell theory. Spontaneous generation suggests that living organisms develop from non-living matter.

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