Panspermia - CORRECT ANSWER-life was imported to earth in form of organic
building blocks or microorganisms from far away
Feldspar - CORRECT ANSWER-microscopic pits that shelter molecules from UV
radiation
Magnetite - CORRECT ANSWER-combination of nitrogen and hydrogen into ammonia
Clay - CORRECT ANSWER-layered sheets trap organics to form complex molecules
Chirality - CORRECT ANSWER-when two different configurations are not super-
imposable
Enantiomers - CORRECT ANSWER-Mirror images; same molecular formula but differ
in 3D orientation of atoms
Dextrorotatory (R or D Isomer) - CORRECT ANSWER-isomer rotates the plane of
polarized light to the right
Levorotatory (S or L Isomer) - CORRECT ANSWER-Isomer rotates the plane of
polarized light to the left
Calcite - CORRECT ANSWER-mineral that attracts D&L amino acid isomers to different
crystal faces
Synthetic Cells - CORRECT ANSWER-to construct artificial organisms that can
reproduce and evolve
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