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What two scientist's helped to disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?
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Redi and Pasteur
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Who were the two early scientists whose experiments helped disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?
Redi and Pasteur helped to disprove spontaneous generation.
Which two scientist helped disprove the idea of spontaneous generation?
The two scientists were Redi and Louis Pasteur. (sorry, can't remember Redi's first name.)
Who was francisco redi and what did he do?
Francesco Redi is one of the scientists who refuted and helped disprove the theory of "Spontaneous generation" ( this theory suggests that life comes from non living things. ex: dead meat can naturally form from rotting meat).
What two scientist helped disprove the idea of spontaneous generations?
Redi and Pasteur
How did zacharias jansens inventions and ideas help lead to the rejection of spontaneous generation?
His invention helped the rejection od spontaneous generation because no one new who he was so no one pay attention to him
What was Francesco's redi's conclusion?
Francesco Redi concluded that spontaneous generation of life, as proposed by Aristotle, was not a valid explanation for the appearance of maggots on decaying meat. Through his experiments with covered and uncovered meat, he demonstrated that maggots only appeared on the uncovered meat where flies could lay their eggs. This helped to disprove the widely accepted theory of spontaneous generation.
How did the compound microscope invented by Zacharias Janssen lead to the rejection of spontaneous generation?
Because it helped with the cell theory.
How did Anton van leeuwenhoeks invention lead to the rejection of spontaneous generation?
Since he obviously helped with the improvement of the microscope, his higher lens quality helped him see a single cell organism. Well, if a single cell organism exists, spontaneous generation is corrupt. He really just proved what Zacharias Jensen did.
The experiment of redi and Pasteur helped to demonstrate that?
The experiments of Redi and Pasteur helped to demonstrate that all organisms come from other organisms. At the time, the prevailing theory was called "Spontaneous Generation" which assumed that organisms simply appeared. Both scientists delt with proving that, in the presence of oxygen, organisms did not grow if they were not exposed to microbe-containing air.
What was pasteurization?
His initial experiments, boiling broths within closed containers to prove that nothing grew within, was first to help disprove the theory of spontaneous generation. This led to a secondary discovery that micro-organisms were responsible for the spoiling of drinks like beer and wine. This lead to the process now known as pasteurization, which helped purify milk of most moulds and allowing it to keep for much longer.
Describe three controlled experiments that help disprove the theory of spontaneous generation and led to the theory of biogenesis?
Francesco Redi and Louis Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation.Redi experimented with raw meat in two flasks: one with and one without a top. He left the meat sitting in each flask for a few days and the one without the top had maggots and the one with the top had no maggots. Many people disregarded his experiment and kept thinking living things came from nonliving things.Pasteur experimented a few years later with two swan necked flasks and broth from a soup. One flask was tilted and the other wasn't. In the tilted flask the broth was fogged with microorganisms and the other flask was the same as before. Not only did he disprove spontaneous generation, but he was believed and came up with the theory of biogenesis which means all living organisms came from other living organisms.Hope I helped :D
How did Pasteur's experiment help show that spontaneous generation did not occur?
He demonstrated that new bacteria appeared in broth only when they were produced by living bacteria. The experiments of Redi and Pasteur helped to convince people that living things do not arise from nonliving material.
