Many Organic Molecules Are Easily Destroyed by Oxygen in Modern

question 97

Multiple Choice

Many organic molecules are easily destroyed by oxygen in modern Earth's atmosphere.This finding

• A) indicates that an abiotic origin of small biological molecules is impossible.
• B) explains why spontaneous abiotic synthesis of small biological molecules is not commonly seen in small pools and lakes.
• C) indicates that small biological molecules must be generating on the moon.
• D) indicates that life could never have originated on Earth.
• E) indicates that all life on Earth must have had an extraterrestrial origin.

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