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Spontaneous Generation
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Which of the following pairs of scientists were NOT on the same side of the spontaneous generation debate?
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Spallanzani and Needham
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Correct! Needham was a proponent of spontaneous generation while Spallanzani sought to disprove spontaneous generation.
van Helmont and Needham
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Both of these scientists were proponents of spontaneous generation.
Pasteur and Spallanzani
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Both of these scientists sought to disprove spontaneous generation.
Redi and Pasteur
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Both of these scientists sought to disprove spontaneous generation.
Through the theory of __________ _________ Aristotle proposed that life arose from nonliving matter.
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spontaneous generation
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Correct! The theory of spontaneous generation proposes that living matter arose from nonliving matter that contained a vital force.
All of the following are examples of spontaneous generation except:
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Production of human offspring by two parents.
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Correct! This cannot be explained as occurring by spontaneous generation.
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Mice appearing in barns where grain is stored during the winter.
Frogs appearing in muddy puddles after a long drought.
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This is an example used to support the theory of spontaneous generation.
Beetles appearing in decomposing animal caracsses.
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This would be an example to support the theory of spontaneous generation.
One of the first scientists to propose that the air carried microbes and those microbes could be viewed under a microscope was:
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Louis Pasteur
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Correct! Louis Pasteur passed air through a cotton filter and was able to view microbes under the microscope. He proposed that the air carrie microbes, not a “ life force” and those microbes were what contaminated the broth.
John Needham
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Needham was a supporter of the “life force” and spontaneous generation.
Jean Baptiste van Helmont
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van Helmont was a supporter of the “life force” and spontaneous generation.
Aristotle
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Aristotle was a supporter of the “life force” and spontaneous generation.
Which of the following correctly describes spontaneous generation?
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The ability for life to come from non-living matter.
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Correct! The theory of spontaneous generation states that living things come from nonliving matter.
The production of offspring by the process of sexual reproduction.
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Sexual reproduction involves production of a living cell from two living organisms.
The production of offspring by laying eggs.
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Eggs are formed from the process of sexual reproduction and involves living organisms producing other living organisms.
Life arising from preexisting cells.
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This supports biogenesis that all life comes from preexisting life.