Multiple Choice
"Prebiotic soup" refers to ____.
A) the interior contents of protocells
B) the cytoplasm of early prokaryotic cells
C) the mix of gases in the atmosphere that gave rise to the first organic molecules
D) the polymerized slime coating ancient clay particles
E) the accumulation of organic molecules that formed in the oceans before there was life on Earth
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