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Unit 6: Spontaneous Generation Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the "Father of Biology"?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Francesco

Redi

c)

Louis

Pasteur

d)

Mr. Panfile

2.

Pasteur's experiment led to the theory of

a)

Cells

b)

Biogenesis

c)

Heterotrophs

d)

Spontaneous Generation

3.

Did Redi disprove spontaneous generation?

a)

Yes

b)

No

4.

Whose experiment is show in the picture?

a)

Aristotle's

b)

Francesco Redi's

c)

Louis Pasteur's

d)

Albert Einstein's

5.

Who believed in Spontaneous Generation?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Francesco Redi

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Leeuwenhoek

6.

Who created a microscope in 1675 and renewed the battle over spontaneous generation?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Francesco Redi

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Leeuwenhoek

7.

Where did Pasteur believe microbes came from?

a)

bacterial spheres

b)

bacterial rods

c)

bacterial spores

d)

the air

8.

Why did Pasteur boil the broth in his experiment?

a)

To sterilize it

b)

To create life

c)

To warm the microbes

d)

To create bubbles

9.

Whose experiment is show in the picture?

a)

Aristotle's

b)

Francesco Redi's

c)

Louis Pasteur's

d)

Leeuwenhoek's

10.

Where did Redi conclude maggots come from?

a)

Maggots came from meat

b)

Maggots are spontaneously generated

c)

Maggots come from flies

d)

Maggots come from the air

11.

What is abiogenesis?

a)

Life from nonliving things

b)

Life from living things

c)

Life from both nonliving and living things

d)

All of the Above

12.

What is biogenesis?

a)

Life from nonliving things

b)

Life from living things

c)

Life from both living and nonliving things

d)

All of the above

13.

What was the purpose of covering the jar with a cloth in the experiment?

a)

To keep the meat fresh

b)

To allow air in but keep flies out

c)

To trap the flies inside

d)

To prevent the smell from escaping