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Chapter 14: vocab

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biogenesis   the scientific principle that living organisms come only from other living organisms  
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coacervate   a mass of droplets of colloidal substances such as lipids, amino acids, and sugars, that are held together by electrostatic attraction  
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endosymbiosis   a mutually beneficial relationship in which one organism lives within another; a theory that eukaryotic cells originated through endosymbiotic relationships between ancient prokaryotic cells  
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half-life   the time required for half of a sample of a radioactive isotope to break down by radioactive decay to form a daughter isotope  
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microsphere   a microscopic spherical structure composed of many protein molecules that are organized as a membrane  
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radioactive decay   the disintegration of an unstable atomic nucleus into one or more different nuclides, accompanied by the emission of radiation, the nuclear capture or ejection of electrons, or fission  
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sopntaneous generation   an early and now disproved theory that living organisms come to like spontaneously from nonliving material  
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