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BIOLOGY ONE – EVOLUTION

ANTICIPATION READING GUIDE SECTION 17-5

EVOLUTION-2

PART I

DIRECTIONS: Read the following statements and indicate if you agree with them or not. Then, read pages 404-407. After reading those pages, decide if the text agreed with the statement.

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STATEMENT

THE TEXT AGREES

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404

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Living cells are composed of four major classes of complex organic molecules: lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids.

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405

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Scientists hypothesize that Earth’s early atmosphere was only made up of water vapor.

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405

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After many experiments, Miller and Urey came to the conclusion that amino acids could not spontaneously form.

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406

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Studies have shown that large organic molecules can, under some conditions, organize themselves into tiny bubbles called proteinoid microspheres.

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407

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Recent evidence suggests that RNA molecules can grow and duplicate themselves entirely on their own.

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407

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Scientists do not believe that short strands of RNA could grow over time and take on a life of their own.

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407

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Many researchers now believe that the modern DNA world evolved from an earlier RNA world.

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PART II

DIRECTIONS: We have now decided which statements that the text information proved to be false statements. In the space provided below, rewrite any false statements in order to make them true and accurate.

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REWRITTEN STATEMENT (only rewrite the false ones…)

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404

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405

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405

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406

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407

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407

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7

407

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