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Module 5 Introduction to Life Science Flashcards

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a core belief in most of the major religions in the world and is the most widely accepted explanation about the origin of life.

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Theory of Special Creation

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it states that living things just suddenly came into existence.

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Theory of Spontaneous Generation

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3
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The theory that living things can spontaneously generate from non-living or decaying matter

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abiogenesis

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4
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Foreign living organisms brought forth microorganisms

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biogenesis

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5
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7 Characteristics of LIfe

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  • nutrition
  • reproduction
  • excretory
  • growth
  • movement
  • respiration
  • sensitivity
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6
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intercellular movement

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cyclosis

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7
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sum total of chemical reactions

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metabolism

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8
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breaking down

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catabolism

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building up

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anabolism

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10
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ability of organisms to line in harmony

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AIC
adjustment
integration
coordination

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11
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  • first one to experiment against SGT
  • maggots
  • raw meat
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Francesco Redi
1668

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12
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  • replicated Redi
  • broth
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John Needham
1745

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13
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  • duplicated Needham
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Lazzaro Spallanzani

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14
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finally put an end to the theory of spontaneous generation
He discovered that the source of microorganisms for fermentation, such as for milk, sugar, and wine, was the air.
- S curved necks bottles

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Louis Pasteur

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15
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progressive development from non-living things

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Abiogenetic Synthesis

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16
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Electric sparks can generate amino acids and sugars from an atmosphere loaded with water, methane, ammonia and hydrogen

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Lightning

17
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  • organic chemist
  • The first molecules of life might have met on clay
  • clay breeding ground
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Alexander Graham Cairns-Smith

18
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rocky nooks could then have concentrated these molecules together and provided mineral catalysts for critical reactions

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-deep-sea vent theory
- submarine hydrothermal vents

19
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might have protected fragile organic compounds in the water below from ultraviolet light and destruction from cosmic impacts

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Ice

20
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  • can store information like DNA, serve as an enzyme like proteins, and help create both DNA and proteins
  • performs several functions in organisms, including acting as an on-off switch for some genes.
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Ribonucleic acid

21
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  • smaller molecules interacting with each other in cycles of reactions
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Life had simple beginnings

22
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Life was brought here from elsewhere in space

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Panspermia

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