Louis Pasteur Conducted an Experiment to Answer the Question of Whether

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Multiple Choice

Louis Pasteur conducted an experiment to answer the question of whether or not living things can arise spontaneously from nonliving materials. In this experiment, he used two flasks of sterile broth. What were the results of this experiment?

• A) In the flask with the curved neck, no growth occurred. However, growth did occur in the flask that allowed outside air to enter, demonstrating that living things came from outside the sterile broth.
• B) No growth occurred in either flask, demonstrating that sterile broth could not promote growth.
• C) Both flasks showed growth, demonstrating that spontaneous generation does occur.
• D) While both flasks showed growth, the flask with the curved neck showed a higher growth, demonstrating that spontaneous generation does not require air.
• E) No growth occurred in either flask, demonstrating that sterilizing the broth removed its nutrients so growth could not occur regardless of whether or not life was present.

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