In Laboratory Experiments Simulating Conditions Thought to Be Present on Early

question 18

Multiple Choice

In laboratory experiments simulating conditions thought to be present on early Earth, small biologically relevant molecules, including amino acids, simple sugars, and fatty acids, have been synthesized from simple precursors.However, these experiments have not yielded larger polymers of these small biomolecules.If you were to set up a simulation experiment to study the polymerization of small biomolecules, which condition or addition would you suggest testing?

• A) Oxygen
• B) Liquid water
• C) Ice
• D) Metals
• E) Methane

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