life's origin Flashcards
1
Q
The experiment that answers: could the building blocks of organic molecules
have been generated on the early Earth?
A
Stanley Miller built an apparatus to model the earth’s early beginnings. This included water vapor, Methane, ammonia, and hydrogen gas. The result of the experiment was that reddish material entered the flask proving that amino acids could be generated in the early earth
2
Q
How does clay help bind nucleotides?
A
clay helps bind nucleotides because it always the nucleotides to stick together spontaneously
3
Q
The experiment that proves clay helps bind nucleotides
A
Leslie Orgel placed a nucleic acid chain into a reaction vessel with chemically modified nucleotides and they instantly chained.
