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In Miller's experiment, he used a mixture of CH4, NH3, H2 and water vapour in a closed flask to mimic early earth conditions. What was the temperature at which this flask was kept?

  • 800°C

  • 1200°

  • 200°C

  • 400°C

Solution

A.

800°C

Initially, Oparin and Haldane proposed that first form of life could have come from pre- existing non- living organic molecules. The conditions were high temperature, volcanic eruption , storms, reducing atmosphere consisting of CH4, NH3 etc. Later in 1953, Miller created similar conditions in a laboratory and created an electric discharge in a closed flask containing CH4, H2 and NH3 and water vapour at 800°C.