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After 1 billion years atoms
discover four methods of replication. |
(1) Photoautorophs: harness light to derive organic compounds from carbon dioxide –
the method of plants and algae. (2)
Chemoautotraphs: feed on carbon
dioxide derived from inorganic substances as hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. (3) Photoheterotrophs: use light to make ATP molecules where
input carbon is in organic form. (4) Chemoherotrophis: consume organic molecules for energy and carbon – the method of fungi & animals. |
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(a) 3 billion yr old
fossil from Australian. (b) Bacteria on head of a pin. |
Bacteria do essential food processing and cause most major
diseases. Archaes inhabit
extreme conditions, occupy animal digestive tracts, digest grass and give off
methane gas |
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Pharmaceutical companies use cells to produce antibiotic drugs. |
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Eukaryotic, membrane housed cells, emerged 1.7 billion yrs
ago, containing DNA replication codes. |
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Sunlight powers plant
chemistry, while animals and fungi live off plants –nature recycles it’s
parts. |
Plant
cell left and animal cell right, similar but different |
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Right:
Synthesis of mRNA to cytoplasm
to synthesis of Protein |
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Algae is a major producer of oxygen in earths atmosphere. |
(a) Green algae, an edible
species (b) Red algae abundant in the warm coastal waters. (c) Brown algae
includes the largest seaweeds, known as kelp. |
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Living on land poses problems. Light and carbon dioxide are
available above-ground, while water and mineral nutrients are found in the
soil. |
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Most plants have symbiotic fungi with their roots Plants breath through
leaves. |
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Algae to flowering plants. |
Million yrs ago: 600 450 380 350 150 Green Algae Mosses Ferns Conifers Flowering plants |
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Ecosystems would collapse without fungi to decompose dead
organisms. |
(a) Flowering Plants
(b) Fungai Mushroom
have a tightly packed stem that extend upward from a massive root system
growing underground where the cottony threads decompose organic litter. |
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(a) Sponge (b) Anatomy of a sponge (c) Anatomy of earthworm. (d) Arthropod, a lobster. |
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Anthropods |
(a) Scorpions among the first terrestrial carnivores. (b) Spiders hunt insects or trapping them in webs. (c) magnified house dust mite is a ubiquitous scavenger in our homes. |
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(a) The mouth of a sea star is in the center of the undersurface, tube feet function in feeding. pushes its stomach out through its mouth to digests its prey. (b) sea urchins graze on seaweed and algae. (c) Sea cucumbers have rows of feet. |
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Myrs: 560 550
540 510 410 380
350 200 350 Sharks Bony fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Animals |
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million yrs ago: 58 40 40 35
15 8 8 8 Prosimians, New & Old World, Gibbons, Orangutans, Gorillas, Chimpanzees. Human |
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100,000 yrs ago Homo
Sapiens emergence from Africa |
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