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Thelargest ecosystem, encompassing the entire planet, is called the ________.
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Biosphere
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Alexander Oparin |
hypothesizedthat life originated on the early Earth under a REDUCING ATMOSPHERE containingammonia, methane, water vapor, and hydrogen.
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_______ _______demonstrated that bacteria did not originate by spontaneous generation.
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LouisPasteur
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______ ______ tested Oparin's ideas experimentally and showed that organiccompounds could originate under sterile conditions from Oparin's mix of gases.
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Stanley Miller
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self repilcation |
is any behavior of a dynamical system that yields construction of an identical copy of itself
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transpiration |
the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves.
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Petroleum deposits and other chemical fossilsinclude the breakdown products of complex molecules like __________.
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chlorophyll
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Photosynthesis |
is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy, normally from the Sun, into chemical energy that can be later released to fuel the organisms' activities.
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