1) The Miller-Urey experiment showed that a) the Earth’s atmosphere before life

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1) The Miller-Urey experiment showed that

a) the Earth’s atmosphere before life was present did not contain oxygen

b) it is possible to create simple biomolecules such as sugars and amino acids by reacting ammonia, water vapor, methane, and hydrogen gas in a chamber filled with electric sparks

c) it is possible to produce protocells by reacting ammonia, water vapor, methane, and hydrogen gas in a chamber filled with electric sparks

d) the ancient oceans were filled with molecules such as proteins, sugars, and nucleic

2) Upon entering a cell, a DNA virus

a) replicates its genome many times using its own DNA polymerase

b) induces the cell to transcribe the virus’s DNA into mRNA which is then translated into viral proteins using host cell ribosomes

c) forms new viral particles using the replicated genomes and viral proteins made from the process described in B)

d) all of the above

e) B and C only

Explanation / Answer

1) The Miller-Urey experiment showed that

It is possible to create simple biomolecules such as sugars and amino acids by reacting ammonia, water vapor, methane, and hydrogen gas in a chamber filled with electric sparks

2). Upon entering a cell, a DNA virus

B and C only

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