Question

individual that produced amino acids in the laboratory
____ discovered that a variety of amino acids and organic acids could be produced in the laboratory in a reducing atmosphere with electrical sparks.
multiple choice
stanley miller
sidney fox
graham cairns - smith
thomas cech
alexander oparin

Explanation:

The Miller - Urey experiment (conducted by Stanley Miller, along with Harold Urey) demonstrated that a variety of amino acids and organic acids could be produced in a laboratory setup that simulated a reducing atmosphere with electrical sparks, mimicking early Earth conditions. The other options: Sidney Fox worked on proteinoids, Thomas Cech on catalytic RNA, Graham Cairns - Smith on clay - based origin of life hypotheses, and Alexander Oparin proposed the primordial soup theory but didn't conduct this specific experiment.

Answer:

Stanley Miller