AP BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION

DARWIN’S THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which describes spontaneous generation?
A
All cells come from other cells
B
Prokaryotes endocytosed other prokaryotes to form eukaryotes
C
Creation of life from nonliving materials
D
Evolution through natural selection
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Abiogenesis is the natural process of creation of simple organic compounds from nonliving matter. The term equivocal generation, also called heterogenesis, describes the theory of spontaneous generation.

Detailed explanation-2: -abiogenesis, the idea that life arose from nonlife more than 3.5 billion years ago on Earth. Abiogenesis proposes that the first life-forms generated were very simple and through a gradual process became increasingly complex.

Detailed explanation-3: -Other common examples of spontaneous generation were that dust creates fleas, maggots arise from rotting meat, and bread or wheat left in a dark corner produces mice.

Detailed explanation-4: -BIOGENESIS. Spontaneous generation is the theory that living organisms may be created from non-living matter, as shown by the presence of life in supposedly sterile conditions. Biogenesis is the theory that all living matter originates from other living matter.

Detailed explanation-5: -So, the correct answer is ‘Life can arise from non-living things only’.

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