Spontaneous Generation

What is Spontaneous Generation?

• idea that organisms could come from non-living matter

• the law that all living things come from nonliving things

• living things come from living things

• Non living things create all non living things

What was the conclusion of Francesco Redi's Experiment

• Decaying meat turned into flies

• Decaying meat does not turn into flies

• non-living substances turn into living substances

• flies come from meat

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What did Francesco cover some of his jars with

• wire

• paper

• cloth

• plastic

Who else tested the idea of spontaneous generation

• Albert Einstein

• Lazzaro Pasteur

• Lazzaro Spallanzani

• Louis Pasteur

• Louis Spallanzani

What did Lazzaro and Louis use in their test

• swan neck flask, milk, flies

• bacon, jars, microbes

• flask and meat

• broth water and microbes

Why do some believe that life originated from meteorites?

• they contain living things

• they go thru chemical reactions

• contain 55 parts nucleic acid and 5 amino acids

• contains 5 parts nucleic acids and 55 amino acids

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What are the 3 things needed for kind of life as we know?

• must be a live substance

• must eat and digest food

• must create its on energy

• must carry on chemical changes needed to keep them alive

• must be able to reproduce itself

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What is the first step of the scientific method

• state the problem

• gather info

• hypothesis

• test hypothesis

• analyze data

What is the fifth step of the scientific method

• state the problem

• gather info

• hypothesis

• test hypothesis

• analyze data

What is the third step of the scientific method

• state the problem

• gather info

• hypothesis

• test hypothesis

• analyze data