Question

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. Complete the following sentences to correctly explain how life could have formed on Earth. According to one hypothesis, life on Earth emerged from ________ in the presence of large amounts of gases seeping from deep-ocean vents. Another hypothesis, called the primordial soup, suggests that the formation of life was due to the effects of ________ in Earth's atmosphere.

1) volcanic activity, lightning
2) volcanic activity, solar radiation
3) tectonic activity, lightning
4) tectonic activity, solar radiation
5) geothermal energy, lightning
6) geothermal energy, solar radiation

Answer 1

Life on Earth could have emerged from volcanic activity near deep-ocean vents or from the effects of lightning in the primordial soup.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the hypothesis, life on Earth emerged from volcanic activity in the presence of large amounts of gases seeping from deep-ocean vents.

Another hypothesis, called the primordial soup, suggests that the formation of life was due to the effects of lightning in Earth's atmosphere.