Answer:
(B) The temperatures and pressures found in hydrothermal vents resemble conditions described in currently accepted origins of life hypotheses
Explanation:
We are told that Dr. Hazen wants to develop a hypothesis that explains
the origin of life on Earth.
Now, he focused on hydrothermal vents. That Water heated by molten rock beneath the crust escapes from these vents at very high temperatures, producing hot, high-pressure environments at the vents on the ocean floor.
This means the null hypothesis will be temperatures and pressures found in this initial condition he described while any other different from it will be the alternative hypothesis.
Looking at all the given options and comparing with the initial hypothesis conditions in the question, the correct answer is option B.
