Question

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arrange the following steps in the correct order of how life may have originated (start at the top).
instructions
organic molecules formed from inorganic molecules.
life may have originated spontaneously in the diluted, hot, smelly soup of chemicals.
about 4.6 bya hadean earth was a hot mass of molten rock
as hadean earth cooled, the water vapor condensed into liquid water on the surface of chemically rich oceans.
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Explanation:

This sequence follows the scientific timeline of early Earth and abiogenesis: first the formation of the hot early Earth, followed by cooling and ocean formation, then the synthesis of organic molecules from inorganic precursors, and finally the emergence of life from the prebiotic "soup" of organic chemicals.

Answer:

1. About 4.6 BYA Hadean Earth was a hot mass of molten rock.
2. As Hadean Earth cooled, the water vapor condensed into liquid water on the surface of chemically rich oceans.
3. Organic molecules formed from inorganic molecules.
4. Life may have originated spontaneously in the diluted, hot, smelly soup of chemicals.