Spontaneous Generation and Cell Theory

A concept which states that life can arise from non-living matter.

• Spontaneous Combustion

• Spontaneous Generalization

• Spontaneous Generation

• Spontaneous Gymnasium

One of the earliest proponents of spontaneous generation was __________.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Hippocrates

Aristotle believed that life can arise from non-living matter if it has a vital heat or _________

• Pneumonia

• Pneumona

• Pneuma

• Pneomonae

Who concluded that rags came from rats?

• Helmont

• Needham

• Spallanzani

• Redi

One of the firsts to refute spontaneous generation by conducting his jar experiments containing raw meat.

• Helmont

• Needham

• Spallanzani

• Redi

The one who performed the "swan-neck experiment" was ________.

• Redi

• Spallanzani

• Pasteur

• Needham

Credited for inventing the microscope which paved the way for more discoveries in biology.

• Janssens

• Hooke

• Leeuwenhoek

• Brown

Dujardin believed that cells contain internal substance called________.

• Barcode

• Sarcode

• Protoplasm

• Cytoplasm

He stated that all animals have cells.

• Schleiden

• Schwann

• Virchow

• Brown

Which of the following statements is not part of the cell theory?

• Cells come from pre-existing cells.

• Cell is the basic unit of life.

• Plants and animals have cells.

• Cells are the most important topic in biology.