Spontaneous Generation
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Who was one of the earliest recorded scholars to articulate the theory of spontaneous generation?

  • Redi
  • Aristotle (correct)
  • Pasteur
  • Leeuwenhoek
  • Who devised an experiment to disprove the Theory of Spontaneous Generation in 1668?

  • Aristotle
  • Leeuwenhoek
  • Pasteur
  • Redi (correct)
  • What did Redi use to cover the jars in his experiment?

  • Gauze (correct)
  • Wood
  • Plastic
  • Metal
  • Who owned a dry-good store and heard about grinding lenses out of glass to make things look large?

    <p>Leeuwenhoek</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who founded Microbiology by disproving the Theory of Spontaneous Generation?

    <p>Redi</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Antony Leeuwenhoek owned a dry-good store in Holland in 1668.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Aristotle was the first to disprove the Theory of Spontaneous Generation.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Redi's experiment involved putting meat inside jars and covering them with gauze.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Theory of Spontaneous Generation claims that life can arise from nonliving matter.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The experiment by Redi involving covered jars disproved the claim that life needed fresh air to grow.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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