The Accumulation of Free Oxygen in Earth's Atmosphere Began with the Origin

question 39

Multiple Choice

The accumulation of free oxygen in Earth's atmosphere began with the origin of ________.

• A) life and respiratory metabolism
• B) photosynthetic bacteria that had photosystem I
• C) cyanobacteria using photosystem II
• D) chloroplasts in photosynthetic eukaryotic algae
• E) land plants

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