BIO 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Seafloor Spreading, Reducing Atmosphere, Outer Space

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIO 1130
• Professor: Jon Houseman

Document Summary

Adhesion the sticking of two surfaces together. Water has adhesive properties, making it a unique molecule. Archaean eon the eon during which life first appeared. Anaerobic bacterial life appears as oxygen starts to accumulate. Biomonomers a molecule (or compound) that occurs naturally, consisting of a single unit and can join with others in forming polymers. Biopolymers a polymer that occurs naturally, such as a polysaccharide, protein, or nucleic acid. Building phase of the earth phase in which the planet was built. It was principally made up of the late heavy bombardment and was followed by the stabilizing phase when the earth cooled. Carbon carbon was extremely abundant when the planet formed making it readily available when life formed. This is why carbon is one of the major appoints in building life. Cenozoic the most recent era of earth"s history stretching approximately from 65 million years ago to the present day.