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What is the theory of spontaneous generation or abiogenesis?
What is the theory of spontaneous generation or abiogenesis?
- The theory that maggots arise from decaying meat
- The belief that life could appear from nonliving material (correct)
- The idea that life originates from preexisting life
- The concept that flies grow from cattle manure
What was one of the beliefs about the origin of life under the theory of spontaneous generation?
What was one of the beliefs about the origin of life under the theory of spontaneous generation?
- Fish could come from mud of dried lakes
- Lice could come from sweat
- Mice could arise from decaying meat
- Flies could grow from cattle manure (correct)
What did biogenesis propose as the origin of life?
What did biogenesis propose as the origin of life?
- Life originates from preexisting life (correct)
- Flies grow from cattle manure
- Life could appear from nonliving material
- Maggots arise from decaying meat
What did Francesco Redi's experiment aim to challenge?
What did Francesco Redi's experiment aim to challenge?
Which belief was the primary theory on the origin of life until the seventeenth century?
Which belief was the primary theory on the origin of life until the seventeenth century?
What was the main conclusion drawn from Redi's experiment?
What was the main conclusion drawn from Redi's experiment?
What was the flaw in Needham's experiment?
What was the flaw in Needham's experiment?
What was the outcome of Spallanzani's experiment on the two glass containers?
What was the outcome of Spallanzani's experiment on the two glass containers?
What was the purpose of Louis Pasteur's experiment with the flasks with long necks?
What was the purpose of Louis Pasteur's experiment with the flasks with long necks?
What did Louis Pasteur's experiment with the cut neck of the flask demonstrate?
What did Louis Pasteur's experiment with the cut neck of the flask demonstrate?
What does evolution refer to?
What does evolution refer to?
Why can bacteria and insects go through an evolutionary fast track?
Why can bacteria and insects go through an evolutionary fast track?
What is the primary reason for the diversity of life on Earth?
What is the primary reason for the diversity of life on Earth?
Which factor allows bacteria to evolve quickly?
Which factor allows bacteria to evolve quickly?
What is the main driving force behind evolution according to the text?
What is the main driving force behind evolution according to the text?
Who was the first scientist to propose the idea that species, including humans, descended from other species?
Who was the first scientist to propose the idea that species, including humans, descended from other species?
Which scientist believed in the physical desire of an animal determining how the body will develop and changes in organ size caused by use or disuse being inherited by the offspring?
Which scientist believed in the physical desire of an animal determining how the body will develop and changes in organ size caused by use or disuse being inherited by the offspring?
Who proposed a mechanism of the change in species attributed to natural laws, not miracles?
Who proposed a mechanism of the change in species attributed to natural laws, not miracles?
Which scientist made detailed observations supporting a deeper explanation on how living things evolve?
Which scientist made detailed observations supporting a deeper explanation on how living things evolve?
Who drew almost identical explanations on how the mechanisms of evolution might have occurred, working independently from Charles Darwin?
Who drew almost identical explanations on how the mechanisms of evolution might have occurred, working independently from Charles Darwin?