AST 248: The Search for Life in the Universe

TYPE YOUR ANSWERS.

1. Do some investigation and explain why the heating of a car's interior on a sunny day is not well explained by the greenhouse effect which warms Earth's atmosphere. Find an experiment which shows that the explanations for each phenomenon are not the same. You may have to do a google or literature search to answer this question.
2. What are the major reasons why some planets retain atmospheres and others might not?
3. What are the essential differences between the Lamarckian and Darwinian views of evolution?
4. Give three reasons why it has been decided by most biologists that single-celled prokaryotic organisms should be divided into two domains, bacteria and archaea.
5. Give three examples of selectivity as it pertains to life found on Earth.