Microbial Evolution and Early Life on Earth
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Microbial Evolution and Early Life on Earth

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Earth formed about 4.5 ______

BYA

Constant striking of comets and asteroids contributed to sterility of ______

Earth

Intense heat and absence of ______ made Earth devoid of life

liquid water

Earth was ______, 2.5 BYA, because there was no ozone layer

<p>anoxic</p> Signup and view all the answers

This was before the start of the great oxidation ______

<p>event</p> Signup and view all the answers

The oxidation rise happened during the start of the oxidation ______

<p>event</p> Signup and view all the answers

Liquid ______ is a requirement to life

<p>water</p> Signup and view all the answers

Water on Earth originated from volcanic outgassing of the planet’s interior from the innumerable collisions with icy comets and ______

<p>asteroids</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the early years when Earth was incredibly hot, water was present as water ______ due to Earth’s high temperatures

<p>vapor</p> Signup and view all the answers

Jack Hills Zircon (ZrSiO4) Oldest known mineral formed in the ______ eon

<p>Hadean</p> Signup and view all the answers

Mineral pores can serve as compartments to house pre-cellular biochemical ______

<p>reactions</p> Signup and view all the answers

The formation of cells came first, followed by ______, and finally genes

<p>enzymes</p> Signup and view all the answers

The environments on early Earth aided chemical reactions that resulted in the formation of more complex organic molecules from more simpler ______ precursors

<p>inorganic</p> Signup and view all the answers

Proto-metabolisms in the form of organizations of molecular species emerged and evolved first without any involvement of self-replicating ______

<p>RNA</p> Signup and view all the answers

Early life forms that grow at 80C – 113C with pH range of 0-9.0 are called ______

<p>thermophilic chemolithotrophs</p> Signup and view all the answers

The last universal common ancestor which preceded the divergence of Bacteria and Archaea was a cellular organism that had a lipid ______

<p>bilayer</p> Signup and view all the answers

The point at which Bacteria and Archaea diverged is estimated to be around 3.7-3.8 BYA, where the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) likely ______

<p>existed</p> Signup and view all the answers

The metabolism of cyanobacteria yielded O2 that oxidized reduced minerals containing Fe2+ to iron oxidizes containing ______

<p>Fe3+</p> Signup and view all the answers

Anoxygenic bacterial photosynthesis involving purple and green bacteria where H2S was the electron source led to the ______

<p>Great Oxidation Event</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fossils are important for understanding the evolution of plants and animals; some ______ fossilize too

<p>microorganisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

Stromatolites are formed when microbes cause the deposition of ______ minerals that promote fossilization

<p>carbonate or silicate</p> Signup and view all the answers

Aggregates found in the Archean Apex chert of Western Australia revealed ______ structures

<p>cell-like</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cyanobacterial trichomes reported to be ______ years old

<p>3.5 billion</p> Signup and view all the answers

11 taxa of filamentous, dark brown to black carbonaceous ______ have been identified in the deposit

<p>microfossils</p> Signup and view all the answers

The presence of hopanes and steranes, derivatives of hopanoids and sterols, respectively, found in the plasma membrane are ______

<p>biomarkers</p> Signup and view all the answers

Endosymbiotic Theory: The organelles of eukaryotic cells arose from prokaryotic cells that had developed a ______ relationship with the eukaryote-to-be

<p>symbiotic</p> Signup and view all the answers

Symbiosis is a relationship between two different kinds of organisms that live in close contact. IF one lives inside the other, the relationship is known as ______

<p>endosymbiosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

Serial endosymbiosis hypothesis: Eukaryotic ancestor diverged from archaeal line and possessed a nucleus prior to ______ with bacterial ancestor of the mitochondrion

<p>endosymbiosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

Symbiogenesis hypothesis: Eukaryotic cell evolved from a symbiotic relationship between Archaea and Bacteria. Bacteria was engulfed by archaeal partner and evolved over time into the mitochondrion. The nucleus evolved after establishment of ______

<p>endosymbiosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

Transcription and translation have characteristics of ______

<p>Archaea</p> Signup and view all the answers

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