Why Did the Miller‒Urey Hot Chemistry Experiment Exclude Oxygen in Its

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Multiple Choice

Why did the Miller‒Urey hot chemistry experiment exclude oxygen in its investigation of the chemical origin of life on Earth?

• A) Oxygen is not necessary for life.
• B) The scientists assumed the reactions would produce oxygen from water vapor.
• C) The scientists assumed that photosynthetic organisms would develop in the apparatus.
• D) There is no evidence that oxygen existed in Earth's earliest environments.
• E) The scientists wanted to avoid contamination of the apparatus by oxygen-consuming bacteria.

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