POUTPOURRI
Likely the original genetic material.
RNA
This dude used broth and sealed flasks to try to disprove microorganisms spontaneously generating, but was unsuccessful.
LAZZARO SPALLANZANI
The half-life of uranium-238.
4.5 BILLION YEARS
Scientific principle that all living things must come from other living things.
BIOGENESIS
Life was limited to this location prior to the further development of the atmosphere.
OCEAN
This guy was famous for his curved-neck flasks.
LOUIS PASTEUR
The half-life of Carbon-14.
5,730 YEARS
An RNA molecule that can also catalyze chemical reactions.
RIBOZYME
The type of "soup" the oceans were made of back in the day.
PRIMORDIAL
The scientist that came up with the rotting meat experiment versus flies and maggots.
FRANCISCO REDI
Uranium-238 is usually found with equal amounts of this element.
LEAD
The cell simulations that we made in lab.
COACERVATES
The process by which the earliest cells obtained their energy.
CHEMOSYNTHESIS
The pair of scientists that did the famous experiment in the 50's that provided amino acids.
MILLER-UREY
The name for the same element with different numbers of neutrons.
ISOTOPE
A term referring to a substance containing carbon and usually hydrogen also.
ORGANIC
Besides lightning and volcanic eruptions, another source of energy on the early Earth.
UV RADIATION
The scientist we barely talked about that hypothesized the composition of the early Earth's atmosphere.
OPARIN
The approximate number of half-lives a material can undergo before it can no longer be reliably tested.
TEN
Term referring to a process that involves the absence of oxygen.
ANAEROBIC