Chapter 14, Problem 26A

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The importance of Miller Urey experiment in understanding how cells originated on Earth.

Introduction:

The Miller-Urey experiment is one of the landmark approaches of uncovering the evidences on how life first originated on earth. The idea of the experiment was entirely based on the making a simulated environment that had early earth like conditions. Furthermore, the experiment tested the biochemical origin of life.

Explanation of Solution

Miller-Urey experiment was the first experiment that was able to explain the origin of cells. The experiment simulated the ancient earth like conditions. The main objective of the experiment was to test that complex molecules originated from the natural and simple chemical reactions. The experiment was able to showcase that amino acid was produced in the simulated environment. The amino acid is described as the building block of life.