Read chapter 17 and answer the questions from the class handout.  Answer them in the appropriate section of your notebook.  You should also visit the following web pages for updated information regarding recent scientific discoveries related to life.

• http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/ribonucleotides
• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17628-found-first-amino-acid-on-a-comet.html
• http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/12/in-a-vat-primor
• http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/090111-creating-life.html
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1279988/Artificial-life-created-Craig-Venter–wipe-humanity.html