What Assumption Is Made by Researchers When Designing Experiments to Model

question 38

Multiple Choice

What assumption is made by researchers when designing experiments to model how life may have arisen on Earth?

• A) The chemical reactions of living things are only possible inside living systems.
• B) Living organisms are composed of elements commonly found on Earth, but absent in the rest of the universe.
• C) Conditions on Earth have not changed over time.
• D) Life arose on Earth from non-living matter.
• E) The development of living cells from nonliving matter was very rapid.

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