1. Reading Quiz 1.What does abiotic mean? 2.What are the two types of nucleic acids? 3.Amino acids are the “building blocks” of which polymer? 4.Ribozymes are pieces of RNA that can act as ______________.

2. AP Biology Life’s Beginnings on Earth according to science

3. Nucleic Acid Formation

4. Amino Acid Formation

5. Protein’s Natural Form

6. Monosaccharides Combining

7. Phospholipid Formation

8. Construction of mRNA from DNA

9. Constructing Chromosomes

10. DNA Replicating

11. - Hydrophilic head Hydrophobic tail WATER Membrane Formation

12. Representation of a Protobionts

13. Stanley Miller

14. LE 26-2 Water vapor CH 4 NH 3 H2H2 Electrode Condenser Cold water Cooled water containing organic molecules Sample for chemical analysis H2OH2O

15. Early Earth

16. Energy Source

17. In no more than 3 sentences, explain why the abiotic synthesis of the nucleic acids RNA and DNA was overall so essential to helping generate life on Earth.