Compartmentalization
The first structure that compartmentalized and formed a pseudo cell is known as a what?
Protocell
What is the name of the process that the Miller Urey experiment proved?
Chemical Evolution
The first cell or collection of cells is known as what?
FUCA
What is the name of the folded enzyme-like structure that RNA can form?
Ribozymes
The first cell-like structure's membrane consisted of what molecule?
Fatty acids
What did the spark generator simulate within the experiment?
Lightning
What is the name of the three classifications that modern organisms can have?
Domain
Ribozymes catalyze RNA nucleotides binding together in what process?
Replication
When fatty acids are first put into an aqueous solution, what structure do they form?
Micelle
What organic molecule was found to have formed during the experiment?
Amino Acids
Where do scientists believe that LUCA resided?
Deep sea vents or hydrothermal vents
RNA is thought to have chemically evolved into DNA because ________ is more mutagenic than DNA's thymine?
Uracil
Fatty acids do not have proteins, so they are less selective with what crosses their membranes than phospholipids are. What is the name of this property?
Permeability
What molecule do critics believe was actually more prominent on prebiotic Earth than Miller-Urey believed to be?
Oxygen gas or oxygen
What type of oxygen-using compound is LUCA believed to be?
Anaerobic
What is the name of the folded configuration that ribozymes have?
Hair pin loops
Phospholipids' two tails give it more stability than fatty acids & their one tail, so phospholipids are less responsive to changes in _____?
pH
Which of the following is an organic molecule?
CH4
CO2
C6H12O6
NH3
C6H12O6
What does the acronym LUCA stand for?
Last Universal Common Ancestor
Ribosomes have a ribozyme called ______ that catalyzes the transfer of amino acids between tRNA molecules during translation?
PTC