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With liquid water underneath its icy surface, Jupiter’s moon Europa is often cited as a potential site for extraterrestrial life. What other compounds would indicate that chemosynthesis supports life on the planet?(1 point)
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glucose
glucose

oxygen
oxygen

hydrogen peroxide
hydrogen peroxide

methane

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methane

Methane (CH4) is a common product of chemosynthetic and methanogenic microbes and would be a strong indicator of chemosynthesis-driven life.