Study Guide for Campbell Biology
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ISBN: 9780134443775
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece, Martha R. Taylor, Michael A. Pollock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 25, Problem 1TYK
The primitive atmosphere of Earth may have favored the abiotic synthesis of organic molecules because it
- a. was highly oxidative.
- b. was reducing (near openings of volcanoes) and had energy sources in the form of lightning and UV radiation.
- c. had a great deal of methane and organic fuels.
- d. had plenty of water vapor, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, providing the C, H, O, and N needed for organic molecules.
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