According to Oparin and Haldane, the prebiotic soup accumulated because molecules were not ____.
A) broken down by oxygen attack or microbial decay
B) broken down by reduction reactions or fungal decay
C) broken down by oxygen attack or fungal decay
D) broken down by reduction reactions or microbial decay
E) recycled by environmental conditions

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Oparin and Haldane proposed that the early Earth's atmosphere was reducing, lacking in oxygen, which allowed organic molecules to accumulate without being destroyed by oxygen attack or microbial decay, as life had not yet appeared to break them down.

According to Oparin and Haldane, the Prebiotic Soup Accumulated Because