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  "id": "4ecfc361-f134-5208-ab31-d09188720ed6",
  "slug": "a2-1-origins-of-cells",
  "title": "A2.1 Origins of Cells",
  "course": "IB Biology",
  "level": "HL",
  "syllabusCode": "A2.1",
  "questionCount": 10,
  "page": "https://splycr.com/ib-biology/a2-1-origins-of-cells",
  "data": "https://splycr.com/library/a2-1-origins-of-cells.json",
  "play": "https://splycr.com/?set=4ecfc361-f134-5208-ab31-d09188720ed6",
  "section": {
    "name": "Theme A: Unity and diversity",
    "page": "https://splycr.com/ib-biology/unity-and-diversity"
  },
  "source": {
    "name": "Biology by Bradford",
    "href": "https://biologybybradford.com"
  },
  "questions": [
    {
      "number": 1,
      "question": "The natural formation of life from non-living matter?",
      "answer": "Abiogenesis",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Protocell",
        "Catalysis",
        "Self-Assembly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 2,
      "question": "Abiogenesis challenge: speeding up reactions without protein enzymes (e.g., RNA ribozymes, mineral surfaces)?",
      "answer": "Catalysis",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Abiogenesis",
        "Protocell",
        "Self-Assembly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 3,
      "question": "Abiogenesis challenge: monomers spontaneously assembling into polymers and larger structures?",
      "answer": "Self-Assembly",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Self-replication",
        "Catalysis",
        "Protocell"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 4,
      "question": "Abiogenesis challenge: molecules able to copy themselves, enabling inheritance?",
      "answer": "Self-replication",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Self-Assembly",
        "Protocell",
        "Compartmentalization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 5,
      "question": "Abiogenesis challenge: enclosing molecules in a membrane to create a distinct internal chemistry?",
      "answer": "Compartmentalization",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Miller-Urey Experiment",
        "Hydrothermal Vents",
        "Self-replication"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 6,
      "question": "Hypothesis that RNA was the first self-replicating molecule before DNA?",
      "answer": "RNA World Hypothesis",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Miller-Urey Experiment",
        "Hydrothermal Vents",
        "Compartmentalization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 7,
      "question": "Experiment showing organic molecules could form from inorganic precursors?",
      "answer": "Miller-Urey Experiment",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Hydrothermal Vents",
        "RNA World Hypothesis",
        "Compartmentalization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 8,
      "question": "Primitive cell-like structure that may have preceded true cells?",
      "answer": "Protocell",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Abiogenesis",
        "Catalysis",
        "Self-replication"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 9,
      "question": "The most recent organism from which all life on Earth descended?",
      "answer": "LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor)",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "RNA World Hypothesis",
        "Miller-Urey Experiment",
        "Hydrothermal Vents"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 10,
      "question": "Deep-sea sites where LUCA is thought to have evolved, supplying chemical energy?",
      "answer": "Hydrothermal Vents",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Miller-Urey Experiment",
        "Compartmentalization",
        "RNA World Hypothesis"
      ]
    }
  ]
}