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BI-114 BioConcepts for Teachers
Ch 9. Chemistry of Life
9.3. Primordial soup, or
Primordial peanut butter & jelly sandwich
based on Indiana's Academic Standards, Science,
as adopted by the Indiana State Board of Education, Nov 2000.
numbers refer to the age-appropriate grade-level for the content.
Review
primordial soup
primordial peanut butter & jelly
Consistent universe
- planets with meteor craters
- Earth's moon only
- all solid planets except Earth
- all solid objects in Solar System
- planetary atmosphere: methane, ammonia, carbon dioxide, water vapor
- Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
- exceptions: Earth, Mars
- Hypothesis (consistent universe):
| date B.P. |
primitive atmosphere |
| 4.6 billion |
water vapor |
H2O |
| Nitrogen |
N2 |
| Carbon dioxide |
CO2 |
| Methane |
CH4 |
| Hydrogen |
H2 |
| Ammonia |
NH3 |
| Chemical Evolution |
| 1 |
organic acids |
| amino acids |
| lipids |
| 2 |
polypeptides |
| nucleic acids |
| Coacervates |
| soup |
peanut butter & jelly |
| concentrate in tide pool |
slime on rocks |
| froth under agitation |
biochem of Life |
| enzymes of Life |
Life processes |
| metabolism |
gas byproducts |
| RNA |
froth |
| LIFE |
LIFE |
| chemical evolution |
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