Question

CONTRAST: How were the designs of Pasteur’s and Redi’s experiments different?

Pasteur experimented with rotting meat; Redi experimented with broth.

Redi experimented with rotting meat; Pasteur experimented with broth.

Pasteur was able to show spontaneous generation was false, but Redi was not.

Redi was able to show spontaneous generation was false, but Pasteur was not.

Answer 1

Redi experimented with rotting meat; Pasteur experimented with broth.

Redi used open, sealed, and mesh-covered jars with meat to show maggots came from flies, not spontaneous generation. Pasteur boiled nutrient broth in swan‑neck flasks to show microbes came from airborne particles, not generated spontaneously.