Question

How does the Miller-Urey experiment fall short of demonstrating that life can arise from inorganic molecules?
Question 10 options:

A)

It recreates the conditions that existed at the earth's beginning, but no molecules form as a result.

B)

It doesn't show how multicellular organisms developed from unicellular organisms.

C)

It doesn't provide evidence of the formation of amino acids.

D)

It doesn't show a leap between a collection of amino acids and a single-celled organism.

Answer 1

D

The Miller–Urey experiment produced amino acids and other organics from inorganic gases, but it did not demonstrate how those molecules could assemble into a living, self-replicating single-celled organism.