Based on the reducing atmosphere hypothesis, what is a likely reason that the ab

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Based on the reducing atmosphere hypothesis, what is a likely reason that the abiotic creation of life does not seem to occur naturally on Earth today?

A. Current levels of UV radiation are not as conducive to the synthesis of organic molecules as Earth's early levels of UV radiation. B. There are too few lightning storms on Earth today. C. All the inorganic building blocks found on Earth have been used to make organic polymers. D. The current oxidizing atmosphere is not as conducive to the synthesis of organic molecules as a reducing or neutral atmosphere

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The current oxidizing atmosphere is not conducive for the spontaneous synthesis of organic compounds because the oxygen molecules is capable of attacking the chemical bonds extracting electrons from the compounds that they act upon.

Hence, the right option is D) The current oxidizing atmosphere is not as conducive to the synthesis of organic molecules as a reducing or neutral atmosphere.

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