If You Were Setting Up an Experiment to Disprove Spontaneous

question 25

Multiple Choice

If you were setting up an experiment to disprove spontaneous generation in a liquid medium,which of the following would be essential to the experiment?

• A)supplying the liquid with nutrients
• B)starting with a liquid that contains microorganisms
• C)adding antibiotics to the liquid
• D)using a sterile liquid and eliminating exposure to microorganisms
• E)adding carbon dioxide to the liquid

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