Question
In Pasteur's experiment to test the hypothesis of spontaneous generation, why did he boil the broth in both flasks?
To attract dust particles to each flask
To provide nutrients to stimulate the growth of microorganisms
To kill any existing organisms in the broth
To expose the broth to a source of organisms
To attract dust particles to each flask
To provide nutrients to stimulate the growth of microorganisms
To kill any existing organisms in the broth
To expose the broth to a source of organisms
Answers
GPT-4o mini
In Pasteur's experiment to test the hypothesis of spontaneous generation, he boiled the broth in both flasks **to kill any existing organisms in the broth**. This step was crucial to ensure that any subsequent growth of microorganisms could only occur due to contamination from the environment, thereby helping to demonstrate that life did not spontaneously arise from non-living matter.