HOW TO ANSWER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1.
Please write YOUR NAME on your paper. Also, COPY THE QUESTION at the top of your
paper and indicate WHICH CHAPTER the question is from. Thank you!
2.
Academic Integrity
If you quote directly from any source, be it an individual, an encyclopedia, a magazine,
book, etc., you MUST put quotation marks around the quoted words and give a citation
telling whose words they are, and exactly where and when they were published. This
includes material taken from the Internet. Failure to do this is called “plagiarism,” is
considered a form of stealing, and nice, well-meaning folks like you wouldn’t dream of
doing this.
Even if you substantially change the words from your source material, you STILL must give
credit to where you got information or original ideas — if you quote statistics, explain an
idea, or in any way obtain information from another source — even if you have completely
rephrased it into your own words, you must give a full citation including author, title, date
publication, page numbers, etc. Again, this is not a “little thing.” It is a question of honesty
and fairness.
3.
Doing Your Own Work
What I am looking for in the answers to the Discussion questions is YOUR ideas in YOUR
words. Although you certainly can get information from other sources (often you are told
to) IF you give proper credit for it, what really counts is how well you answer the question in
your own words.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Answer each question thoroughly in your own words. Use proper grammar, punctuation,
and sentence structure. Use complete sentences. If you use material from ANY other
source—including Web pages—you must give a complete citation to that source.
Also, you must rephrase such material into your own words. Direct quotations must
be in quotation marks and cannot exceed two sentences in length.
Upload your discussion question essay in the, “Chapter 12 Discussion Question Upload.” If
for some reason blackboard is not working for you, then email your assignment directly to
me with BIO 102-35, your first and last name, CH 12 DQ.
**Please make sure that your assignment gets uploaded (or emailed, if blackboard is down) by
the due date so that you will be able to get the maximum amount of points possible. If you are
not able to turn it in by the due date, you will still be able to upload it, but it will be marked as
Late and points will be deducted.
Chapter 12: In a one-page essay, explain in your own words how life is thought to have
begun on Earth through chemical evolution. Include an explanation of why these steps are
no longer possible on today’s earth.