Biodiversity Quiz #1 Hints
This should give you a basic guide. There will probably be questions on the quiz that are not mentioned here but if you know this material you should be in good shape.
General Hint: Know the lectures and their details.
From Lectures 1 & 2
Dates are important.
Know the four categories of organic molecules.
Know the Miller-Urey Experiment really well.
Know what abiotic synthesis is.
Be able to define what a protobiont and a coacervate are.
Give three reasons why RNA was probably the first nucleic acid.
Know who Linnaeus is and what he did.
Know who Whittaker is and what his 5 kingdoms are.
Be able to explain how Carl Woeses 3 domains relate to Whittakers five kingdoms.
Understand why we need to classify things in the first place.