1. What is the lecture mainly about?

The difference between simple organisms and complex organisms

How certain beings and chemicals challenge the definitions of living and non-living

The effects of aging on cells

2. According to the lecture, all of the following are necessary characteristics for being a living organism EXCEPT

Having a body

Having a heartbeat

Having a metabolism

3. All of the following can be used in a lab to make the body of the artificial organism EXCEPT

Protocells

Membranes

Oil

4. According to the lecture, some models of protocells

Can move

Have a brain

React violently when they contact water

5. The word "hybrid" in the lecture is closest in meaning to

A mixture, in this case, of two fused protocells

Artificial, in this case, meaning chemicals

A dangerous reaction, in this case, an explosion

6. Creating protocells can help scientists better understand all of the following EXCEPT

How to clone animals

The origins of life on Earth

Identify "weird" forms of life that scientists might encounter on another planet