Evolution of Eukaryotes from Prokaryotes:
Fossil records indicate that eukaryotes evolved from …….somewhere between 1.5 to 2 billion years.
a) plants
b) fungi
c) virus
d) prokaryotes
Endosymbiosis and membrane infolding showed the evolution of ………
a) eukaryotes from prokaryotes
b) prokaryotes from eukaryotes
c) bird from reptiles
d) algae from fungi
Explanation: 1st eukaryotes the archaebacteria and eubacteria
How many proposed pathways describe the invasion of prokaryote cells by two smaller prokaryote cells?
a) two
b) three
c) four
d) six
Explanation: 1. Endosymbiosis and 2. Membrane infolding
Which of the following process/es is/are involved in the evolution of eukaryotes from prokaryotes?
a) endosymbiosis
b) catastrophism
c) membrane infolding
d) both a and c
Who proposed the theory of endosymbiosis?
a) Charles Darwin
b) George Cuvier
c) Carlos Linnaeus
d) Lynn Margulis
Explanation: The endosymbiotic theory suggests that photosynthetic eukaryotes evolved due to endosymbiosis between non-photosynthetic eukaryotic host cells and photosynthetic cyanobacterial or algal endosymbionts.
