Discuss the two main types of nucleic acids important for life on Earth and how they function to assemble proteins that carry the genetic code. Describe 2 of the 20 amino acids that are most important for life. Include the role of a reducing atmosphere in your discussion. Include the probability of getting 300 of the 20 relevant amino acids in the correct order for constructing a protein. Discuss one possible form of non-chemical life.
Water is the solvent for life on the Earth.
Discuss the possibility of life where ammonia or methyl alcohol is the solvent for life. Two theories exist to explain the transition of polymers to life. Discuss one of these theories. Life in the Solar System 22. Give as many reasons as you can as to why a CHZ planet other than Earth or a moon other than Earth's Moon once had, or now has, some form of life.