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amino acid
endosymbiont theor y
spontaneous generation
theor y of biogenesis
mechanism
The History of Life
Section 14.2 The Origin of Life
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Scan Section 2 of the chapter. Use the checklist as a guide.
Read all section titles.
Read all boldfaced words.
Look at all pictures and read the captions.
Think about what you already know about the history of life.
Write three facts you discovered about the origin of life.
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Use your book or dictionar y to define amino acid. Use the term
in a sentence to show its scientific meaning.
Use your book or dictionar y to define each term.
Define mechanism to show its scientific meaning.