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penguins

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on: Jul 12, 2013
Which of the following factors weaken(s) the hypothesis of abiotic synthesis of organic monomers in early Earth's atmosphere?
1.    the relatively short time between intense meteor bombardment and the appearance of the first life-forms
2.    the lack of experimental evidence that organic monomers can form by abiotic synthesis
3.    uncertainty about which gases comprised early Earth's atmosphere
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) 1 and 2
D) 1 and 3
E) 2 and 3


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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2013
I know it's D, we did this last week ;)


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Reply #2 on: Jul 18, 2013
Thank you, thank you!!


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