When Pasteur Tested the Hypothesis of Spontaneous Generation,he Compared the Ability

question 32

Multiple Choice

When Pasteur tested the hypothesis of spontaneous generation,he compared the ability of a sterilized growth medium (meat broth) to produce a population of bacteria in two different types of flasks.One had a simple neck open to the outside,and the other had a "goose neck" bend that also was open to the environment.Pasteur expected that bacteria would appear in the flask with the standard neck.In this experiment,the standard neck flask served as a/an:

• A)observation.
• B)variable.
• C)control.
• D)statistic.
• E)hypothesis.

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