Spontaneous Generation

Who finally disproved Spontaneous Generation?

• Redi

• Needham

• Spallanzani

• Pasteur

Which of the following is a key difference between Needham's and Spallanzani's experiments testing the idea of spontaneous generation?

• Needham heated his broth while Spallanzani did not.

• Spallanzani heated his broth while Needham did not.

• Needham sealed his flasks tightly while Spallanzani did not.

• Spallanzani sealed his flasks tightly while Needham did not.

Which scientist disproved spontaneous generation of large organisms by showing maggots came from flies not from rotting meat?

• Redi

• Needham

• Spallanzani

• Pasteur

Which scientist designed a special flask that allowed air in but kept microbes out and once and for all disproved spontaneous generation?

• Redi

• Needham

• Spallanzani

• Pasteur

Which of the following terms is another name for spontaneous generation?

• Abiogenesis

• Biogenesis

• Chemical evolution

• Organic evolution

What is the idea that life can arise form nonliving material?

• biogenesis

• evolution

• spontaneous combustion

• spontaneous generation

Who was the first scientist to try to disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?

• Redi

• Needham

• Spallanzani

• Pasteur

_______first believed in spontaneous generation.

• Redi

• Jean Baptiste Van Helmont

• Aristotle

What did Redi use in his experiment?

• Broth and flasks

• Meat and jars

• swan-neck flasks

What piece of equipment did Pasteur use in his experiment which allowed air to enter but trapped the dust particles in the air?

• microscope

• Erlynmeyer flask

• Swan-neck flask

• Wide mouth beaker