Modern Laboratory Experiments That Repeated Those of Urey and Miller

question 50

Multiple Choice

Modern laboratory experiments that repeated those of Urey and Miller in exploring the possibility of producing organic molecules (the building blocks of life) from mixtures of gases expected to exist in the early planetary system passed electrical discharges through which mixture of gases?

• A) nitrogen, hydrogen, water vapor, and carbon dioxide
• B) ammonia, methane, water vapor, and hydrogen
• C) hydrogen and helium
• D) carbon dioxide, water vapor, and dust

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