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BioDiv Test 1
Tree of Life/ Origin of Species
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/08/2009

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conditions for life
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cells, growth & metabolism, development, reproduction, heredity, regulation & homeostasis, response to environmental stimuli
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what gas was missing from early atmospheric conditions
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Oxygen
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gases in early atmosphere
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CO2, H2O, N2, NH4
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age of earth
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4.5-4.6 billion yrs
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Describe the Miller-Urey Experiment
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1950s, simulated water vapor in early atmosphere, used electricity as lightening, after one week found small organic molecules
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Bubble Hypothesis
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undersea gases from volcanoes combine making simple molec., rise to surface & pop out into atmosphere thru bubbles, fall back to ocean and continue process
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RNA World
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RNA first hereditary molec., DNA needs RNA to act, RNA can catalyze replication, close to RNA creation in lab with sugars and nucleic acids
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Protocells
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bubbles with membranes, v simple metabolism
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Coacervates
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lipid bubbles
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protobionts
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combo membrane with proteins and lipid bilayer, spontaneously split in two- simplest reproduction
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Panspermia
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asteroid hit earth, brought life with it
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stromatolites
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prokaryote layers built up over time- can use fossil dating
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name the three domains
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bacteria, archaea, Eukarya
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