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  • Answer the following questions based on the experiment conducted by S.L. Miller in 1953 : (a) Name the gases present in the closed flask. (b) Why was the flask fitted with electrodes ? (c) Write the observation he made.

Answer the following questions based on the experiment conducted by S.L. Miller in 1953 :


(a) Name the gases present in the closed flask.
(b) Why was the flask fitted with electrodes ?
(c) Write the observation he made.
(d) State the significance of the observation made by him.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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a) The gases present in the closed flask - Methane (CH_{4}), Hydrogen gas (H_{2}), Ammonia (NH_{3}) and water vapour.

b) The flask was fitted with electrodes to create electric discharge at 800^{o}C

c) He observed the formation of amino acids.

d) The significance of observations made helped to formulate the theory of abiogenesis.i.e the first form of life arose slowly through evolutionary forces from non-living molecules.

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