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How did the Miller-Urey experiment impact the way scientists think about the origins of life?

Use what you know about the Miller-Urey experiment to discuss the factors needed for life to arise, and speculate on whether life could arise on another planet.

Answer 1

i saw another open study artical that might help:
The Miller-Urey experiment attempted to set up the early earth chemical conditions to see if life could arrive without having been there before. If memory serves, they were able to get a few nucelo-bases and amino acids to form. This allowed them to conclude that if these conditions were present life could spring from nothing...

It is important to note, however, that their experiment was flawed and the conditions they made never actually existed to our knowledge. They did open the door for other such research and with some recent findings on asteroids (namely some nueclo-bases and amino acids) we can consider the possibility that the conditions they tested for existed elsewhere in the solar system.

Answer 2

In other words the initial experament was used to see if life could have sprung from nothing when there was no life on earth. The experament was a failer and lead the scientists to beleive that it was, in fact, possible. This assumption was wrong and now they think that the neccesary conditions existed in space.

Answer 3

here is a wikapedia artical on the experament to further help you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment

Answer 4

does that help?