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The earth is about 5 billon years old. A meteor hit earth about
rock and boiling water. This interaction of lightning, rain and solar
oceans.
Figure 1: What earth may have looked like 4 billion years ago
Over time, some cells evolved and were able to make their own
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able to make use of sunlight for photosynthesis, releasing oxygen
years ago, there was enough ozone to provide protection for organisms
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Figure 3. First Eukaryotic Cells
life increased near shores where the waters were rich in nitrates and
About 650 million years ago, cells started linking together to become
withstand waves and soon new forms developed that had strong cell
surfaces.
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Figure 4. The Evolution of Plants
photsynthesising parts with those lower down that don’t; solving the
problem of how it could supply food to the latter as they grew in size.
is mainly made up of the xylem and the phloem. This system also
Activities
(secondary)
5. Read pages 100-105 of your textbook. (primary)
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6. Carry out the activity in pages 12-13 of “Living Things”.
(primary)
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