Experiments Like Those Performed by Stanley Miller in the 1850s

question 44

Multiple Choice

Experiments like those performed by Stanley Miller in the 1850s demonstrated that lightening-fueled atmospheric reactions could produce ____.

• A) self-replicating DNA molecules
• B) organic compounds required for life under artificial conditions
• C) prokaryotic cells under artificial conditions
• D) meteorites containing the building blocks of life
• E) organic molecules in hydrothermal vents

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