Earth and Life Science
Earth and Life Science
Earth and Life Science
POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS THAT ATTEMPT DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES ON HOW LIFE COULD HAVE BEGUN
1.EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN- the hypothesis explain that life originated on another planet outside our Solar system. Life war
then carried to Earth on a meteorite or an asteroid and colorized Earth . However, this hypothesis has not been proven..
2.PANSPERMIA- the theory pressures that the “seed” of life exixts all over the universe and can be propagated through space and
that life on Earth originated from those seeds.
3.DIVINE CREATION- many people believe that life was put on Earth by divine forces. Creation theories are common to many of
the world’s religions and cultures.
4. ORIGIN FROM NON LIVING MATTER- Scientists believe that life arose on Earth from inanimate matter after Earth had cooled.
They stated that random events probably produced stable molecules that could self replicate . Then natural selection favored changes
in the rate of reproduction, which eventually led to first cell.
*MITOSIS- a process of cell duplication, or reproduction during which one cell gives rise to two genetically identically
daughter cells. The term mitosis is used to describe the duplication and distribution of chromosomes.
*MEIOSIS- is a specialized type of cell division that produce the chromosomes number by half, creating four haploid cells.
NOTES!!!
>Francisco Redi demonstrated that dead maggots of flies would not generate new flies when placed on rolling meat in a sealed jar,
whereas maggots of flies would. The control set up is the jar of meat were out without lids so the meat would be exposed. The
experimental set up is the two jars that are sealed or covered. He conducted this experiment to refute the theory of Spontaneous
Generation.
>John Needham challenged Redi’s findings by conducting an experiment in which he placed a broth into a bottle, heated the bottle
to kill anything inside and sealed it.
>Lazzaro Spallanzani’s results contradicted the findings of Needham. Heated but sealed flasks remained clear,without any signs of
spontaneous growth, unless the flasks were subsequently opened to the air.
>Louis Pasteur experiment consisted of boiled broth in flasks with S-shaped necks. The broth was boiled after being poured into
the flasks to destroy any living microorganisms that may have been present in the broth. The S shaped necks prevented
microorganisms from entering and contaminating the broth after boiling.
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Inheritance- transmission of genetic information from parent to offspring.
Haploid = 23 C Diploid= 46C
Chlorophyll- green pigment of leaf
Theme 8:Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace - evolution ( change or transformations)
Theme 9: 2 Reasoning - Inductive ER (bottom to up) Deductive ER- (top to bottom)
When 6 molecules of Carbon Dioxide is added to 6 molecules of water with the aid of light energy absorbed by chlorophyll will
produce the product of glucose and by product oxygen gas.
PROKARYOTIC CELLS- have no nucleus,instead some prokaryotes such as a bacteria have a region within the cell where the
genetic material is freely suspended. The region is called the NUCLEOID.
They arell single celled microorganisms like the archaea, bacteria and cyanobacteria.Prokaryotes reproduced by binary fission .