How Well Do You Know Vitalism?

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    Which theory suggested that organic matter can only be created by organisms that make organic compounds from non-organic ones?

    • Force Theory
    • Vitalism
    • Evolution
    • Natural selection
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Do you understand vitalism well? Take this vitalism quiz to test your knowledge as well as understand the concept of vitalism. This quiz has got questions about vitalism theory. If you are clear about this theory, it will be an easy quiz for you. Just give it a try and find out. All the best for a perfect score on this quiz. Do share the quiz with others who are interested in biology practice tests.

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  • 2. 

    The synthesis of _______ compounds requires a vital force.

    • Organic

    • Inorganic

    • Dead

    • Atomic

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  • 3. 

    The scientists believed that they could not synthesize organic compounds and that God only made this.

    • True

    • False

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  • 4. 

    Who gave the theory of vitalism? 

    • Charles Darwin

    • Rachel Carson

    • Louis Pasteur

    • Jöns Jacob Berzelius

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  • 5. 

    The theory states that organic compounds can be made in the laboratory from inorganic compounds.

    • True

    • False

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  • 6. 

    Which organisms contain the vital force?

    • Living organisms

    • Natural organisms

    • God-given organisms

    • All of the above

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  • 7. 

    Where vitalism explicitly invokes a vital principle, the element is called as 

    • Force

    • Energy

    • Pressure

    • Action

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  • 8. 

    In which year did Berzelius propose this theory?

    • 1810

    • 1815

    • 1820

    • 1825

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  • 9. 

    When did the theory of vitalism decline?

    • 1820

    • 1825

    • 1828

    • 1830

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  • 10. 

    Which of the following was not a principle of the vital force theory?

    • Organic compounds cannot be made in the laboratory from inorganic compounds

    • Synthesis of organic compounds requires a vital force

    • Only living organisms (God-given) contain this vital force

    • Energy could be isolated to create the vital force

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