The document defines key terms related to biogenesis, radioactive dating, isotopes, and early theories of life formation. It explains that biogenesis is the idea that all living things come from other living things, while spontaneous generation was the disproven idea that living things can form from nonliving matter. Radiometric dating measures the age of materials by analyzing radioactive isotope concentrations. Terms like isotopes, mass number, radioactive decay, and half-life are also defined in relation to understanding radiometric dating. Early cellular structures like microspheres, coacervates, and ribozymes are described. Archaea, chemosynthesis, cyanobacteria, and endosymbiosis in the development of eukaryotic cells