Question

state the evidence we have for origin of life from inanimate matter.

Answer 1

The experiment conducted by Miller and Urey can be considered to be an evidence of sorts for this.They took molecules which were believed to represent the major components of the early Earth's atmosphere and put them into a closed system. The gases they used were methane (CH4), ammonia (NH3), hydrogen (H2), and water (H2O). Next, they ran a continuous electric current through the system, to simulate lightning storms believed to be common on the early earth. At the end of one week, they observed that as much as 10-15% of the carbon was now in the form of organic compounds. Two percent of the carbon had formed some of the amino acids which are used to make proteins.Perhaps most importantly, this experiment showed that organic compounds such as amino acids, which are essential to cellular life, could be made easily under the conditions that scientists believed to be present on the early earth.

Answer 2

Miller and Urey conducted an experiment to seek evidence that life was formed from inanimate matter.

Explanation:

In this experiment, they tried to recreate the situation that were common on the early Earth under controlled laboratory environment. They used methane (CH4), ammonia (NH3), hydrogen (H2), and water (H2O) and ran electric current through the system to simulate frequent lightning storms. After a week, it was objected that that the carbon changed to 10-15% organic compounds and 2% amino acids. Amino acids are organic compounds that are considered vital for cellular life as they can make proteins. Thus, the experiment was able to demonstrate that given the conditions that existed on early Earth, it is possible that life could have been formed from inanimate matter.