Question

How non-living molecules evolved to bacteria through chemical evolution ?

Answer 1

@stormgirl47

Answer 2

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Answer 3

OK. If you have a bunch of non-living molecules floating around. Over hundreds of millions of years, these non-living molecules start to EVOLVE through natural selection. Eventually, they EVOLVE to the point where they can self-replicate and metabolize: in other words, they become BACTERIA.
With me so far?

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

So here is how that CHEMICAL EVOLUTION took place: (at least, this is what scientists are thinking currently)

1. the nonliving particles collected small organic MONOMERS(like amino acids or nucleotides) over time.
2. those MONOMERS all linked together to form POLYMERS (which is just another name for a bunch of monomers linked together)
3. the newly formed larger molecules had their own chemical characteristics. This means that they were different inside than the environment outside.
4. they developed the ability to replicate.

And that's it! Those are the 4 steps. Not sure if you need to include all that, but it's a good thing to understand at least the basic process.

Answer 6

oh okay. yea this is for a study guide, so is their anyway you can make this smaller ?

Answer 7

In that case, I would just look at my first response. And you can say they evolve through the collection of monomers that then link into polymers.

Answer 8

alright thank you :) ill post the last question.

Answer 9

k :)