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Grade 12Zoology

Q. Stanley Miller and Harold C. Urey performed an experiment by recreating in the laboratory the probable condition of the atmosphere of the primitive earth.
i) What is the purpose of the experiment
ii) In what forms was the energy supplied to the chemical reactions to occur?

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Gaurav
11 Years ago
Hello Student

In primitive time at the time of formation of earth there was a non oxygenated atmosphere of CH4, NH3,CO2,CO, NO2, H2O etc.
Due to cooling and compression caused by increased pressure the chemical reacted compressed againt each other and cooled to form the first life on earth in water.