Module 1 - Thermodynamics and overview of biomolecules

Question 1

Spontaneous generation

Answer 1

Food left to rot = living creatures will poof into existence
Disproved and omne vivum ex vivo proposed (life only comes from life)
charles darwin proposed origin of species and alexander oparin origin of life

Question 2

Miller urey experiment

Answer 2

simulate early earth conditions
complex molecules produced
gave rise to prebiotic chemistry

Question 3

biochemistry

Answer 3

explain life at molecular level
all matters made of chemicals
less than 30 elements recurring in living organisms
Lightest element found (smaller = stronger bond)
trace metal appear in biochemicals