Origin of Life 2nd part

Who disproved the idea that decaying meat produced maggots?

• Francesco Redi

• Jan Baptista van Helmont

• Louis Pasteur

• Virgil

What experiment did Francesco Redi conduct to disprove spontaneous generation?

• Open Jars

• Closed Jars

• Both Open and Closed Jars

• No experiment conducted

What did Louis Pasteur's experiment involve to disprove spontaneous generation?

• Microorganisms touching the broth

• Only air touching the broth

• Both air and microorganisms touching the broth

• No contact with air or microorganisms

What did Louis Pasteur's swan necked flask experiment show?

• Both flasks teemed with microbial life

• Both flasks remained free of life

• The flask teemed with microbial life

• The flask remained free of life

What did scientists believe was the vital source in the air that made microscopic organisms grow?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Hydrogen Cyanide

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

What did Louis Pasteur's experiment disprove the spontaneous generation of?

• Large organisms

• Microorganisms

• Insects

• Plants

What was the word for beginning?

• Genesis

• Origin

• Evolution

• Creation

What was the prefix 'Bio-' used for?

• Life

• Death

• Air

• Water

What did the term 'Biogenesis' mean?

• Beginning of the universe

• Beginning of the Earth

• Beginning with life

• Beginning without life

What did the term 'Abiogenesis' refer to?

• Life beginning from a non-living thing

• Life beginning from a plant

• Life beginning from an animal

• Life beginning from a living thing