Why Did the Miller-Urey Experiment NOT Correctly Describe the Construction

question 29

Multiple Choice

Why did the Miller-Urey experiment NOT correctly describe the construction of building blocks of prebiotic life?

• A) There was much less radioactivity on the early Earth.
• B) Water was not present on the early Earth.
• C) Volcanism would have created a different atmosphere than used in the experiment.
• D) none of the above

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