Question

How were Redi’s and Pasteur’s experiments similar?
Both studied the growth of microbes in broth.
Both studied flies emerging from meat.
Both tested the idea of spontaneous generation.
Both tested whether pasteurization kills microorganisms.

Answer 1

Both tested the idea of spontaneous generation.

- Redi used sealed, open, and gauze-covered jars with meat to show maggots came from fly eggs, not spontaneously from meat.
- Pasteur used boiled broth in swan-neck flasks to show microbes come from the air, not spontaneously from the broth.