EVOLUTION
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The flies were created by the decomposing meat.
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The flies were created from their eggs
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The flies were created from sweaty shirts.
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The flies were created by the hot broth.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Redi went on to demonstrate that dead maggots or flies would not generate new flies when placed on rotting meat in a sealed jar, whereas live maggots or flies would. This disproved both the existence of some essential component in once-living organisms, and the necessity of fresh air to generate life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Redi concluded that the flies laid eggs on the meat in the open jar which caused the maggots. Because the flies could not lay eggs on the meat in the covered jar, no maggots were produced. Redi therefore proved that decaying meat did not produce maggots.
Detailed explanation-3: -He concluded that maggots could only form when flies were allowed to lay eggs in the meat, and that the maggots were the offspring of flies, not the product of spontaneous generation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which choice best summarizes the outcome of Redi’s experiment? Redi disproved spontaneous generation.