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1.
Compare the principle of biogenesis with the idea of spontaneous generation.
2.
Summarize the experimental results of Redi and
Spallanzani that tested the hypothesis of spontaneous generation.
3.
Describe how
Pasteur’s experiment disproved the hypothesis of spontaneous generation.
4.
Explain the modern scientific understanding of the formation of
5.
Summarize the concept of halflife. the Earth.
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Define spontaneous generation.
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What is the vital force?
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Explain how Redi’s experiment using flies disproved the hypothesis of spontaneous generation.
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Explain how Spallanzani’s experiment using flasks and meat broth disproved the hypothesis of spontaneous generation.
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Describe how Pasteur’s experiment using the curvedneck flasks disproved the hypothesis of spontaneous generation.
Define the term evolution.
Explain the Big Bang Theory.
According to the Big Bang theory, how did the planets form?
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Define radioactive dating.
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Create an example of a half life problem and solve it.
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6.
Describe Oparin’s and Miller-Urey’s experiment and explain how the results of these experiments influenced evolution.
7.
Explain the possible importance of celllike structures produced in the laboratory.
8.
Explain the importance of the chemistry of RNA in relation to the origin of life.
9.
Describe the characteristics of the first forms of cellular life on
Earth.
10.
Compare two types of autotrophy used by early cells.
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What was the composition of the early atmosphere as proposed by Oparin?
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Who proposed the early atmosphere hypothesis and that life formed in the ocean?
 What are the steps of Oparin’s hypothesis? o The early atmosphere contained what gases? o What happened to the inorganic molecules? o What formed? o Where did this accumulate? o How did these compounds assemble?
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Draw a diagram of the Miller-Urey experiment.
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Write a brief explanation of Miller-Urey’s experiment.
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What are microspheres and coacervates and how
 are they like pre-cells?
What properties do microspheres and coacervates
 share with cells?
Why are microspheres and coacervates not living cells?
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Why is RNA necessary for the process of protein synthesis?
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Why are ribozymes important?
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What was first life like?
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What were the characteristics of the first cells?
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What were the first photosynthetic organisms like?
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What is chemosynthesis and why is it autotrophic?
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Explain the difference between chemosynthesis and photosynthesis.
11.
Relate the development of photosynthesis to the development of aerobic respiration in early cells.
12.
Explain the theory of endosymbiosis.
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What process created oxygen for the atmosphere and also allowed for the formation of ozone?
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Why is the formation of an ozone layer important to life forms?
What is the theory of endosymbiosis?
Explain how it gave rise to the first eukaryotes.