In 1953, the Miller-Urey experiment showed that, under conditions similar to Earth’s early atmosphere, organic compounds could be formed from atmospheric gases. The results of this experiment are considered to support which of the following ideas about the origin of life on Earth?

Which of the following is true of metabolism in its entirety in all organisms? a) metabolism depends on a constant supply of energy from food. b) metabolism uses all of an organism's resources. c) metabolism consists of all the energy transformation reactions in an organism. d) metabolism manages the increase of entropy in an organism.