Avery Esparza

Biology

9 December, 10:03

In contrast to the Urey-Miller experiment in which organic molecules were produced in conditions mimicking Earth's early atmosphere, how does the data in the table inform scientific models of the origins of life?

A) It restricts the first organisms to extraterrestrial sources.

B) It provides an alternative source for the first building blocks of life.

C) It suggests that simple organic compounds could not have formed in Earth's early atmosphere.

D) It extends the Urey-Miller results to say that early atmospheric conditions must have resembled those in space.