Which Statement Concerning Spontaneous Generation of Life Is True

question 9

Multiple Choice

Which statement concerning spontaneous generation of life is true?

• A) During the European Renaissance, most people understood that life can only arise from preexisting life.
• B) Redi's experiments showed that flies only arose from rotting meat previously exposed to air.
• C) Discovery of microscopic organisms in the 1600s disproved the idea of spontaneous generation.
• D) In the 1600s, some believed that a "life force" in chemical environments could cause spontaneous generation of life.
• E) Pasteur's experiments showed that microorganisms could arise from nonliving matter.

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