There are several proposed mechanisms that could have produced organic monomers. What mechanism involves the formation of organic compounds in interstellar clouds?
A)hydrothermal vents
B)lightening fueled-atmospheric reactions
C)organic compounds arriving on Earth via meteorites
D)reactions involving hot water and metal ions from rocks
E)the aggregation of dust and rock bits that orbited the sun to form Earth

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This mechanism is known as panspermia and suggests that organic compounds arrived on Earth via meteorites. Interstellar clouds are thought to contain complex organic molecules, which could have been incorporated into meteorites that eventually crashed onto Earth.

There Are Several Proposed Mechanisms That Could Have Produced Organic