OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Creationism
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Vitalism
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Spontaneous generation
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Falsification of theories-the artificial synthesis of urea helped to falsify vitalism. It was particularly associated with the idea of a vital force that provided the “spark” of life separating the living from the non-living.
Detailed explanation-2: -Urea disproved the theory of vitalism by showing that biological materials can be produced from regular mechanical materials. Friedrich Wohler conducted experiments, in which he produced Urea from inorganic materials.
Detailed explanation-3: -Falsification of theories: the artificial synthesis of urea helped to falsify vitalism. Urea was discovered in urine in the 1720s and was assumed to be a product of the kidneys. At that time it was widely believed that organic compounds in plants and animals could only be made with the help of a “vital principle”.