Bio Glencoe Biology CH 14

Chapter 14 The History of Life
Section 1: Fossil Evidence of Change
Section 2: The Origin of Life
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14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change
Land Environments
 Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago.
 Gravity pulled the densest elements to the
center of the planet.
 After about 500 million years, a solid crust
formed on the surface.
Atmosphere
 The gases that likely made up the atmosphere are
those that were expelled by volcanoes.
 Water vapor (H2O)
 Carbon dioxide (CO2)
 Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
 Carbon monoxide (CO)
 Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
 Hydrogen cyanide (HCN)
 Nitrogen (N2)
 Hydrogen (H2)
Clues in Rocks
 A fossil is any preserved evidence of an
organism.
 Most organisms decompose before they
have a chance to become fossilized.

Fossil Formation
 Nearly all fossils are formed in sedimentary
rock.
 The sediments build up until they cover the
organism’s remains.
 Minerals replace the organic matter or fill the
empty pore spaces of the organism.
Dating fossils
 Relative dating is a
method used to
determine the age of
rocks by comparing
them with those in
other layers.
Radiometric Dating
 Uses the decay of
radioactive isotopes
to measure the age
of a rock
 Radioactive
isotopes that can be
used for radiometric dating are found only in
igneous or metamorphic rocks.
The Geologic Time Scale

 The geological time scale is a model that
expresses the major geological and biological
events in Earth’s history.
 The geologic time scale is divided into the
Precambrian time and the Phanerozoic eon.
 Eras of the Phanerozoic eon include the
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
 Each era is divided into one or more periods.
Precambrian
 Nearly 90 percent of Earth’s entire history,
stretching from the formation of Earth to
the beginning of the Paleozoic era about
542 million years ago
 Autotrophic prokaryotes enriched the
atmosphere with oxygen.
The Paleozoic Era

 The ancestors of most major animal groups
diversified in what scientists call the Cambrian
explosion.
 Life in the oceans continued to evolve at the
end of the Cambrian period.
 Fish, land plants, and insects appeared during
the Ordovician and Silurian periods.
 The first tetrapods emerged in the Devonian.
 A mass extinction ended the Paleozoic era

at the end of the Permian period.
 Between 60 and 75 percent of the species
alive went extinct.
The Mesozoic Era

 Mammals and dinosaurs first appeared late
in the Triassic period, and flowering plants
evolved from nonflowering plants.
 Birds evolved from a group of predatory
dinosaurs in the middle of the Jurassic period.
 About 65 million years ago, a meteorite
struck Earth.
 Plate tectonics describes the movement of several

large plates that make up the surface of Earth.
 These plates, some of which contain continents,

move atop a partially molten layer of rock
underneath them.
The Cenozoic Era

 Mammals became the dominant land animals.
 After the mass extinction at the end of the
Mesozoic era, mammals of all kinds began
to diversify.
14.2 The Origin of Life
Origins: Early Ideas

 Spontaneous generation is the idea that life arises
from nonlife.
 Francesco Redi, an Italian scientist, tested the idea
that flies arose spontaneously from rotting meat.
 The theory of biogenesis states that only living

organisms can produce other living organisms.
 Louis Pasteur designed an experiment to show
that biogenesis was true even for microorganisms.
Origins: Modern Ideas

 Simple organic molecule formation
 The primordial soup hypothesis was an
early hypothesis about the origin of life.
 Organic molecules could have been
synthesized from simple reactions.
 UV light from the Sun and electric
discharge in lightning might have been
the primary energy sources.
 Stanley Miller and

Harold Urey were the
first to show that simple
organic molecules
could be made from
inorganic compounds.
 Later, scientists found
that hydrogen cyanide
could be formed from
even simpler molecules
in simulated early Earth
environments.
Making Proteins
 Life requires proteins.
 One possible mechanism for the formation of proteins
would be if amino acids were bound to a clay particle.
Genetic Code
 Some RNA sequences appear to have
changed very little through time.
 Many biologists consider RNA to have been
life’s first coding system.
 Other researchers have proposed that clay
crystals could have provided an initial
template for RNA replication.
Cellular Evolution
 Scientists hypothesize that the first cells were
prokaryotes.
 Many scientists think that modern prokaryotes
called archaea are the closest relatives of
Earth’s first cells.
Photosynthesizing Prokaryotes
 Archaea are autotrophic.
 They do not obtain their energy from the Sun.
 Archaea also do not need or produce oxygen.
 Many scientists think that photosynthesizing

prokaryotes evolved not long after the
archaea.
 Prokaryotes, called cyanobacteria, have been
found in rocks as old as 3.5 billion years.
The Endosymbiont Theory

 The ancestors of eukaryotic cells lived in
association with prokaryotic cells.
 The relationship between the cells
became mutually beneficial, and the
prokaryotic symbionts became organelles
in eukaryotic cells.
 This theory explains the origin of chloroplasts
and mitochondria.

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Chapter Diagnostic
Questions
Which is an example of the theory of

spontaneous generation?
A. Tadpoles become frogs.
B. A starfish can grow from
a severed arm.
1. A
C. Damp hay and corn 2. B
create mice. 3. C
D. From a tiny acorn, an 4. D
oak can grow.
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Chapter Diagnostic
Questions
What gas do scientists think was absent from

Earth’s early atmosphere?
A. sulfur
B. nitrogen
1. A
C. oxygen 2. B
D. water vapor 3. C
4. D
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Chapter Diagnostic
Questions
In which period did the first land vertebrates

appear?
A. Cambrian
B. Devonian
1. A
C. Triassic 2. B
D. Mesozoic 3. C
4. D
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14.1 Formative
Questions
In which type of rock do paleontologists search

for fossils?
A. igneous
B. metamorphic
1. A
C. sedimentary 2. B
D. volcanic 3. C
4. D
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14.1 Formative
Questions
Which dating method determines the age of

rocks by comparing them to rocks in other
layers?
A. absolute dating
B. geological dating 1. A
2. B
C. relative dating 3. C
4. D
D. sedimentary dating
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14.1 Formative
Questions
Which geological change during the Mesozoic

era had the greatest effect in shaping the
course of evolution?
A. plate tectonics
B. extensive glaciation 1. A
2. B
C. increased volcanic activity 3. C
D. meteorite impact 4. D
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14.2 Formative
Questions
At one time people believed that mold growing

on a piece of cheese was created by the
cheese. This is the idea of __________.
A. biogenesis
B. transgenesis 1. A
2. B
C. primordial generation 3. C
4. D
D. spontaneous generation
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14.2 Formative
Questions
According to the endosymbiont theory, what may

have happened to a prokaryotic cell that entered
a host cell?
A. It was digested by the
host cell.
B. It became an organelle 1. A
in the host cell. 2. B
3. C
C. It became a harmful
4. D
parasite in the host cell.
D. It was removed from the 0% 0% 0% 0%
host cell by exocytosis.

14.2 Formative
Questions
An ancient prokaryote containing photosynthetic

pigments that was engulfed by a host cell may
have become a _________.
A. chloroplast
B. lysosome 1. A
2. B
C. centriole 3. C
4. D
D. ribosome
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Chapter Assessment
Questions
Which is the half-life of the

radioactive isotope shown
in the graph?
A. 18 years
B. 36 years 1. A
2. B
C. 54 years
3. C
D. 72 years 4. D
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Chapter Assessment
Questions
Study the graph. Determine

the age of a rock if it
contained 40% C-14.
A. 2,857.5 years
B. 7,576 years 1. A
2. B
C. 11,460 years 3. C
D. 5,730 years 4. D
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Standardized Test
Practice
Which factor made it unlikely that life existed on

Earth 4 billion years ago?
A. absence of oxygen
B. absence of food
1. A
C. intense heat 2. B
D. intense sunlight 3. C
4. D
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Standardized Test
Practice
For which fossil might a paleontologist most

likely use carbon-14 to determine its age?
A. fossilized microbes in
volcanic rock
B. dinosaur footprints found
in sedimentary rock 1. A
C. marine fossils found in a 2. B
deep sedimentary layer 3. C
4. D
D. a woolly mammoth frozen
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in a glacier since the last
Ice Age
Standardized Test
Practice
Beryllium-10 (Be-10) has a half life of about

1.5 million years. If a sample is analyzed and
determined to contain ¼ of the original Be-10,
what is the age of the sample?
A. 750,000 years 1. A
2. B
B. 3 million years 3. C
C. 4.5 million years 4. D
D. 6 million years 0% 0% 0% 0%
Standardized Test
Practice
Which provides the best evidence that a

meteorite struck the earth 65 million years
ago?
A. a large crater that
was found
B. a layer containing high 1. A
levels of iridium 2. B
C. the sudden appearance 3. C
of mammals 4. D
D. the sudden disappearance 0% 0% 0% 0%
of dinosaurs
Standardized Test
Practice
In this experiment using water and

the gases to simulate Earth’s early
atmosphere, which was not one of
the final products?
A. amino acids
1. A
B. nucleotides 2. B
C. RNA molecules 3. C
D. sugar molecules 4. D
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Standardized Test
Practice
Why do scientists believe that archea are the

closest relatives to Earth’s first cells?
A. They are eukaryotes.

B. They contain DNA.
C. They carry out 1. A
2. B
photosynthesis.
3. C
D. They live in 4. D
extreme environments.
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Section 1
fossil era
paleontologist period
relative dating Cambrian explosion
law of superposition K-T boundary
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half-life
geologic time scale
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Section 2
spontaneous generation
theory of biogenesis
endosymbiont theory
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 Continental Drift
 Miller-Urey Experiment
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What are the main types of fossils that can be found?

What are the main types of fossils that can be found?

How do scientists determine the age of fossils?

How do scientists determine the age of fossils?

Chapter 14 The History of Life

Section 1: Fossil Evidence of Change

Section 2: The Origin of Life

Click on a lesson name to select.

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

The Geologic Time Scale

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

The Paleozoic Era

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

 A mass extinction ended the Paleozoic era

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

The Mesozoic Era

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

 Plate tectonics describes the movement of several

 These plates, some of which contain continents,

14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change

The Cenozoic Era

14.2 The Origin of Life

Origins: Early Ideas

14.2 The Origin of Life

 The theory of biogenesis states that only living

14.2 The Origin of Life

Origins: Modern Ideas

14.2 The Origin of Life

 Stanley Miller and

14.2 The Origin of Life

14.2 The Origin of Life

14.2 The Origin of Life

14.2 The Origin of Life

14.2 The Origin of Life

 Many scientists think that photosynthesizing

14.2 The Origin of Life

The Endosymbiont Theory

14.2 The Origin of Life

Chapter Resource Menu

Which is an example of the theory of

What gas do scientists think was absent from

In which period did the first land vertebrates

In which type of rock do paleontologists search

Which dating method determines the age of

Which geological change during the Mesozoic

At one time people believed that mold growing

According to the endosymbiont theory, what may

host cell by exocytosis.

An ancient prokaryote containing photosynthetic

Which is the half-life of the

Study the graph. Determine