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, 8 Characteristics of living things: - ANS -Cellular Organization
-Reproduction
-Metabolism
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-Homeostasis
-Hereditary
-Response to stimuli
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-Growth and development
-Adaptation through development
Not all living things have... (example) - ANS All the characteristics of life. (Some humans
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cannot reproduce)
spontaneous generation (example).
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Who came up with the idea? - ANS Living organisms can come from non-living things. (Ex:
decaying meat results in maggots)
Aristotle came up with it.
Francesco Redi - ANS Proved Aristotle's idea wrong. Decided maggots come from flies.
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Louis Pasteur - ANS Opposed spontaneous generation, believed microorganisms come
from spores. Tested his hypothesis through the use of an infusion of nutrients in a swan neck
flask.
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Margulis - ANS Some organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts in modern cells
originated as bacteria.
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Theory of Biogenesis - ANS All organisms are produced from other organisms, living things
come from living things.
Theory fits with the idea of cell being most basic unit of structure and function, and all cells are
reproduced from other cells. (Miller, Urey)
Abiogenesis (Miller and Urey)
What did their experiment result in? - ANS Experiment was one of the first to prove it was
possible to generate organic compounds from inorganic sources.
Experiment resulted in 20 different amino acids