origin of life

Question 1

what do all living organisms share

Answer 1

order
sensitivity or response to environment
reproduction
growth and development
regulation
homeostasis
energy processing

Question 2

what are viruses

Answer 2

tiny infectious agent that reproduces inside the cells of living hosts

Question 3

what are viruses made out of

Answer 3

outer protein coat that encases genetic material

Question 4

what do viruses infect

Answer 4

any living thing, like bacteria, fungi, protists, plants and animals

Question 5

what does reducing atmosphere mean

Answer 5

early earth had a reducing atmosphere, meaning an oxygen-poor atmosphere in which molecules tend to donate electrons

Question 6

what are deep-sea vents

Answer 6

where heated, mineral-laden seawater spews form cracks in the ocean crust creating a gradient in positively charged protons that serve as a battery to fuel organic molecules

Question 7

what are extraterrestrial

Answer 7

organic molecules originated in space distributed to earth that life originated from these molecules
perhaps life was transported to earth directly

Question 8

what us symbiosis

Answer 8

relationship in which organisms from to separate species live together