The major opposition to the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis is ...
A)not enough organic carbon molecules could have been transported to the Earth's surface by comets and asteroids.
B)most organic carbon molecules,including nucleic acids and amino acids,would have been destroyed by the intense heating that occurs when large bodies fall through the Earth's atmosphere.
C)not enough comets and asteroids hit the Earth to deliver organic carbon molecules to the surface.
D)most of the organic carbon molecules would have fallen into the seas,helping life form in the water but not on the lanD.
E)without oxygen in the atmosphere the organic carbons that did fall would have been rapidly reduced to inorganic carbon compounds.

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The intense heating that occurs when large bodies fall through the Earth's atmosphere would have destroyed most organic carbon molecules, including nucleic acids and amino acids, which is a major opposition to the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis.

The Major Opposition to the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis Is