Vocab - Origin of Life

life from life

• Abiogenesis

• Biogenesis

• Spontaneous Generation

early ocean on Earth full of organic molecules

• Chemical evolution

• Abiogenesis

• Primordial Soup

life from non-life

• Abiogenesis

• Primordial Soup

• Biogenesis

consume organic material and release CO2

• Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

produce own food (organic materials) and release O2

• Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs

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NGSS.HS-LS2-5

larger cells engulfed (ate) smaller cells, and they became the organelles.

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• endosymbiotic theory

Simple cells without a nucleus

• prokaryotes

• eukaryotes

Complex cells with a nucleus

• prokaryote

• eukaryote

Chemical reactions that eventually led to simple cells forming

• Biogenesis

• Primordial Soup

• Chemical evolution

Organic molecules contain which element?

• C = carbon

• H = hydrogen

• N = Nitrogen

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