iwhecndjdnbeginningoflife

The belief that life originated from nonliving matter.

• Abiogenesis

• Biogenesis

• Paspermia

• Divine Creation

The belief that life originates from preexisting life.

• Abiogenesis

• Biogenesis

• Paspermia

• Divine Creation

It proposes the idea that a meteor or cosmic dust may have carried to Earth significant amounts of organic molecules, which started the evolution of life.

• Spontaneous origin

• Paspermia

• Divine Creation

• Biogenesis

The belief that the first life came from a spontaneous generation.

• Spontaneous origin

• Paspermia

• Divine Creation

• Biogenesis

The belief that life came from a divine being.

• Spontaneous origin

• Paspermia

• Divine Creation

• Biogenesis

Pasteur boiled sugar solution with yeast using an Erlenmeyer flask which was left open to allow the vital elements in the air to enter but no organisms entered the mixture.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

He used a long-necked flask.

An Italian scientist who challenged Needham’s experiment by properly boiling a broth in cleaned flasks, allowing one to be exposed to air.

• Lazarro Spallanzani

• Louis Pasteur

• Francesco Redi

• Svante Arrhenius

He boiled mutton broth and placed it in a sealed flask, which turned cloudy due to microbial growth after several days, leading him to conclude that life in broth was brought by spontaneous generation.

• Lazarro Spallanzani

• Louis Pasteur

• Francesco Redi

• John Needham

An Italian physician whose experiment challenged the spontaneous generation using maggots that arose from decaying meat.

• Lazarro Spallanzani

• Louis Pasteur

• Francesco Redi

• John Needham

An English priest who challenged Redi’s experiment by testing whether or not microorganisms can appear spontaneously after boiling.

• Lazarro Spallanzani

• Louis Pasteur

• Francesco Redi

• John Needham