My Questions about Evolution

I have quite a few questions, i'll start simple though and build up.Question #1--- Abiogenesishow come no one can explain this to me? I've asked this a few times on scienceforums.net, and mostly i get people telling me i need extensive chemistry knowledge--- but i refuse to believe there is not some simpler way for someone to give me a foundation of understanding about it. Can someone at least tell me the ancestors of bacteria, and a simpler, but sufficent explanation of how and why they evolved.

ok i'll accept that for now (but i know a lot claim there is abiogenesis and no god), next question then---If evolution is gradual, why are there any distinct species? I don't see why there wouldn't be as much 'intermediate' species as 'definate' ones, if evolution is how it works. I'm not saying all evolution is wrong(or that i understand it well enough to say(thats why i'm asking)), i can definately accept natural selection, but i don't see one species changing into another. All dogs have the same amount of chromosomes--- though their appearance and general behavior varies from breeds. For there to become a new species, there must be a different number of chromosomes, is there such thing as a partial chromosome(i'm pretty sure there isn't)? If not, how does a creature suddenly gain more or less chromosomes?Also, just for fun--- anyone have a list of the number of chromosomes various species (plant, animal, other(don't all bacteria and protists only have one though?)?

Whoa, i need time to recuberate from Brad. Sorry Brad, i'm sure there could be much intelligence in your post, but i didn't understand much, a lot of it included references to people i know about nothing about, and the rest of it---- i don't know what to say. Its hardly english. I think you could tell from my posts that i am not an educated biologist, to be precise i am not even 17 yet, and while i have certain talents, i am certainly not a genius.Like Ned said, its not a matter of WHAT you are saying, the matter is that we don't understand what you're saying. Could you try to be more simple (rather extremely i think it requires)? This may be off the subject, but HOW did you come about all this insane knowledge? Do you read all day? Why? Who are your parents (what are they like)? Where do you live? How old are you? What are you doing in life? Do you have a family (wife and children)? ------ sorry if that seems pointess (it probably is), the problem is that the things you say go over my head-- i'd be interested to know what factors influence that problem, and which is first step of hoping (there is always hope) to find a solution. I hope none of that offends you, its not my intention. If you want please address these questions straight forward, if not please don't go off on another branch, i don't have the attention span.

Whatever, ok this has absolutely nothing to do with the purpose of the thread. Whatever is behind Brads words, i don't understand them--- I AM A JUNIOR IN HIGHSCHOOL, i've never gotten a perfect GPA--- I have stopped reading your posts, not to offend you or anything, they just do not help answer the question i asked. Get it? I am not insulting your character--- i may begin to question your intelligence if you write another unreadable post (or maybe not, cuz i don't really care, all i want is my question answered). Anyone else reading this thread got something to say on the subject (and on a comprehendable level)?

ok i am getting the concept that species isn't as destinct a defintion as i thought, and chromosome number isn't the determining thing (as what's in the chromosomes is more crucial). Thanks all for your help, i got lots of other stuff to be doin now (as in now in my life), but i have definitely learned stuff and refined some of my perspectives.