Miller/Urey's Experiment
by Kacy Surratt and Adrian Garcia
How Life Began???
Miller's theory consisted of using inorganic molecules from the early Earth's atmosphere, such as methane, ammonia, hydrogen, and di-hydrogen monoxide, to make organic substances. Miller used electrical currents to simulate lightning storms from the past for his experiment. He concluded that these inorganic compounds turned into organic compounds, which are the fundamental building blocks for existence.
When??? And What Was Created???
This expermient was conducted in 1953.
The inorganic compounds changed into 25 different amino acids (including glycine, alanine, and aspartic acid), several fatty acids, hydroxy acids, and amide products.
THE EXPERIMENT
Early inorganic molecules were used with an electrical current to perform this experiment.