Which of the Following Theories Was the Miller Experiment Designed

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following theories was the Miller experiment designed to test?

• A) the endosymbiotic origin of life
• B) the idea that all the chemicals found in early Earth could have come together to form the basic components of cellular life
• C) spontaneous generation
• D) the RNA world hypothesis

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Definitions:

Chi-Squared Distribution

A probability distribution used in hypothesis testing that is applicable to categorical data and tests of independence.

Standard Normal Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used as a basis in probability theory.

Nominal Data

Nominal data refers to categorical data that can be named or labeled but not meaningfully ordered.

Confidence Interval

A set of values, procured from sample-based observations, deemed likely to hold the value of a non-specified population characteristic.