Margaux Carmel D.

Blanco
Bl. Peter Gubbio

Origin of Life Essay

Earth, the planet we all live in, is a living planet. It is rich with resources and
different plants and animals thriving on its surface. It is the only planet in our solar system
to support life as it is. We would suddenly ask ourselves how all this began; how life
suddenly sprung up on earth. Many religions and beliefs made different creation stories
in order to answer these questions. Many scientists made different theories and
conducted many experiments to uncover answers. One of these theories involve our own
rocks and with this theory, sprung up different theories how rocks were an essential
element in the origin of life.
The theories that were presented are as follows: life began with the help of water
and light, it began in deep sea vents where there is intense pressure and heat, and also,
it began with the help of mud. Everything involved rocks and minerals as the number one
key for life to begin. These theories tell how life began through the help of minerals and
rocks, together with their circumstances like having water, or pressure and such. These
theories were due to different discoveries through simulation and experimentation.
Life started with chemical reactions that turned basic atoms into amino acids due
to different chemical reactions depending on the situation whether it is from light and
water, intense pressure and heat or just the layers of mud that could be a place for these
different molecules meet and become said amino acids. As we all know, amino acids are
essential in the part of life which led to the belief that life came from the minerals and the
many processes that happened for this to occur.
I believe that there are many possibilities for life to occur whether it be by light or
by heat and pressure. We can never say that life started just because of one process. It
is highly appropriate to believe that life is created not just by one process and situation
but different processes. This helped in making life to happen in such a very fast duration
since it started. All of the theories made a lot of sense and even had promising results as
scientists conducted their experiments and simulations. I believe that due to numerous
events and circumstances, it made life grow at such a fast pace in our planet.
Water as so-called cradle of life is true. Water is the most needed and consumed
element here on earth. We use them for drinking, cooking, washing and etc. We are made
up of 50% water which only proves the fact of how important water is to us so there is no
question how it is also essential in the origin of life. It is the perfect solvent for different
atoms to interact with one another and with water, there could be different reactions that
caused for life to begin. Therefore, minerals may have an important role in the equation,
but water was the catalyst in the whole equation.