The Miller-Urey "Experiment" Consisted Of

question 71

Multiple Choice

The Miller-Urey "experiment" consisted of:

• A) sending a coded message via radio toward nearby stars that are similar to the Sun and may have planets.
• B) attaching a metal plaque to the Voyager spacecraft to tell extraterrestrial beings about us, should the spacecraft ever be recovered.
• C) monitoring tens of millions of radio frequencies at once in an effort to detect extraterrestrial radio communications.
• D) passing an electrical arc through a mixture of hydrogen, ammonia, methane, and water and looking for resulting organic compounds.

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