Origin
Origin
2. Panspermia – presumes that the “seed” of life exists Archaebacteria – ancient bacteria, rare bacteria found
all over the universe and can be propagated through mainly in hostile.
space, Life on earth originated from those seed.
Cynanobacteria – photosynthetic bacteria that brought
3. Divine Creation – many people believe that life was oxygen to the atmosphere.
put on Earth by divine forces.
Eukaryotes – larger than prokaryotes, contains true
4. Origin from the nonliving matter – life arose from nucleus and complicated internal structure.
inanimate matter after the Earth has cooled. Scientists
said that random events probably produce stable Plants and Fungi – first living things to populate the
molecules that could self replicate. Then, natural surface of the land.
selection favored changes in the rate of reproduction
which led to first cell. Mycorrhizae – unique mutualistic relationship between
plants and fungi.
Stanley Miller – American chemist who recreated the
early conditions of Earth to show how organic molecules Scorpions – first terrestrial animals to live on land.
are formed, together with Harold Urey.
Amphibians – the first vertebrates on land.
*Water was heated and the water vapor mixed with
Characteristics of life
Hydrogen, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen, Ammonia,
and Methane. The mixture of gases was sparked with Cellular organization – all cells have the same basic
electricity to stimulate lightning. Within days, a dark structures.
mixture containing Amino acid was formed.
Membrane – encloses the cell and controls the
Amino acid – building blocks of protein materials that move in and out of the cell.
Cytoplasm – internal fluid where organelles are
Other Organic Materials formed on similar
suspended.
experiment:
Nuclues- that contains hereditary genes called
RNA and DNA nucleotides DNA
Lipids
Metabolism – chemical processes that maintain the
Carbohydrates
living state of an organism.
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
Homeostasis – maintaining stable internal condition.
How did the life form?
Reproduction – involves transfer of genetic information
*Formation of the tiny spheres of lipids may have been
from parents to offspring.
the first stage in the origin of the cell.
Asexual – produces offspring that are genetically
Lipids – comprise cell membrane, which separates the
identical to a single parent.
cell from the environment.
Sexual – involves two parents contributing
Coacervate – bubbles that formed when lipids are genetic information to produce a unique
mixed with water. offspring.
Heredity – the transmission of characteristics from
parent to offspring.