EESA06H3 Quiz: EESA06 Quiz 5.docx
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Quiz 5: life on earth lecture, no chapters in textbook - regarding lisa"s guest lecture. 52 minutes, and 10 seconds out of 1 hour. Chimps and humans split about ____ million years ago. Fossils can be used for absolute age dating only. Correct answer: the way the eyes pointed when the skull fit on the spinal column. Life most likely originated around hot spots on the ocean floor. Please match the following terms with their best definition from the list. Prokaryotes: single celled bacteria lacking a nucleus. Eukaryotes: singular or multicellular bacteria that have a nucleus. Protists: single celled eukaryotic bacteria with thick, protective walls. Chemosynthesis: a mechanism of using chemicals for energy generation. Photosynthesis: a mechanism of generating energy from sunlight. Chordates: having a backbone (or at least a notochord) during some part of their lives. Early life and the formation of an atmosphere and oceans on earth may have been prevented by: