AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

THE ORIGIN OF LIFE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following refers to the evolution of life from nonliving materials?
A
physical evolution
B
organic evolution
C
chemical evolution
D
microevolution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -abiogenesis, the idea that life arose from nonlife more than 3.5 billion years ago on Earth.

Detailed explanation-2: -The modern theory of chemical evolution is based on the assumption that on a primitive earth a mixture of simple chemicals assembled into more complex molecular systems, from which, eventually came the first functioning cell(s).

Detailed explanation-3: -Chemical evolution refers to changes in things that need not be capable of reproduction. Examples could be individual molecules, or entire chemical systems. A chemical system is a group of molecules that interact with each other.

Detailed explanation-4: -The theory of chemical evolution was proposed by Aleksandr Ivanovich Oparin and J.B.S Haldane in 1992.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to chemical theory of origin of life proposed by Oparin and Haldane, there formed the evolution of chemical substances that preceded the actual origin of life.

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