Biology SOL Scientists

Who experimented with raw meat and disproved the concept of spontaneous generation?

• Francesco Redi

• Louis Pasteur

• Gregor Mendel

• Robert Koch

Who experimented with broth and bacteria and found that bacteria can only come from already existing bacteria?

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch

• Alexander Fleming

• Joseph Lister

Who believed in spontaneous generation and boiled animal and plant matter-infused broths, observing that sealed jars did not have any growth?

• Spallanzani
• Redi

• Pasteur

• Mendel

Who published postulates in 1890 that establish whether a particular organism is the cause of a particular disease and contributed to the creation of Germ Theory?

• Robert Koch
• Robert Hooke

• Chargaff

• Darwin

Who was the first scientist to identify and name cells by looking at sections of cork?

• Robert Hooke

• Isaac Newton

• Louis Pasteur

• Gregor Mendel

Who studied teeth scrapings and discovered 'animalcules,' which were later discovered to be bacteria?

• Anton von Leeuwenhoek

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Hooke

• Joseph Lister

Who discovered that all plants are made up of cells?

• Matthias Schleiden

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Who discovered that all animals are made up of cells?

• Schwann

• Schleiden

• Franklin

• Koch

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Who found that new cells can only come from cells that already exist?

• Rudolf Virchow

• Robert Hooke

• Theodor Schwann

• Matthias Schleiden

Who experimented with pea plants and found that characteristics can be passed on from parents to offspring?

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Louis Pasteur

• James Watson

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