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Chapter 14
ch 14
Term | Definition |
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spontaneous generation | life comes from nonlife or other life forms |
biogenesis | life comes from life |
half-life | amount of time for half the amount of an isotope to decay to a stable form. |
endosymbiosis | eukaryotic cells arise when prokaryotic cells begin living inside each other and became organelles |
microsphere | one of the first types of cells formed |
coacervate | pre-cell with chemicals inside of them |
radioactive decay | When an organism dies, it stops processing/taking in carbon |