The Theory of Spontaneous Generation

Question 1

Who is the Greek Philosopher who proposed that the life arose from non living material if the material contain pnuema(‘vital heat’)

Answer 1

Aristotle

Question 2

A Flemish scientist, proposed that mice could arise from rags and wheat kernels left in an open container for 3 weeks

Answer 2

Jan Baptista Van Helmont

Question 3

He disproved the theory of spontaneous generation. His experimental setup involved is disproving spontaneous generation using maggots that arose in decaying meat

Answer 3

Francisco Redi

Question 4

He challenged needham’s experiment that concluded that life occurred from something that entered and sealed flask and that it was the one responsible for life to grow

Answer 4

Lazzaro Spallanzani

Question 5

Most scientists were convince that spontaneous generation could not occur he designed an experiment to test the idea that a vital element from air was necessary for life to occur his experiment supported the theory of biogenesis and disprove spontaneous generation this evidence suggest that new bacteria appear only when they are produced by existing bacteria

Answer 5

Louis Pasteur

Question 6

life arose from non living material if the material contain pnuema(_______)

Answer 6

Vital heat