Scientists
Did not believe in spontaneous generation and conducted an experiment to disprove it.
Who is Francesco Redi or Louis Pasteur or Rudolph Virchow
This is the hypothetical age of the earth.
What is 4.5 billion years old?
It was once believed that maggots arise from this.
What is rotting meat?
Did an experiment with a broth to show microorganisms do not spontaneously generate.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
This is hypothetically how long ago life appeared on earth.
What is 3.8 billion years ago?
This is the title of unit 2 in Mr. Johnson's biology class.
What is "The Biochemistry of Life"?
Finally disproved spontaneous generation once and for all.
Who is Rudolph Virchow?
Miller and Urey's experiment produced these.
What are amino acids/macromolecules?
Invention that revealed the world is teeming with microorganisms.
What is the microscope?
Produced amino acids using gases presumed to be present in the early atmosphere of Earth.
Who were Miller and Urey?
These objects brought water to the earth.
What are comets?
The idea that life just immediately "poofs" into existence.
What is spontaneous generation?
He discredited spontaneous generation with the help of powerful microscopes. He also made the third part of cell theory.
Who is Rudolph Virchow?
It is currently hypothesized that the first organic compounds that created life were formed in this.
What are hydrothermal vents or primordial soup?
This is the definition of biochemistry.
What is the study of elements that deal with life?