Question

Match each statement below to the correct scientist.


used meat in three different sets of jars to show that living things can only come from living things.

used a map to show that cholera was caused by contaminated water and not poisonous vapors.

boiled meat broth in different flasks to prove that living things did not spontaneously generate.

Answer 1

1. Francesco Redi — used meat in three sets of jars (open, sealed, gauze‑covered) to show maggots come from flies.
2. John Snow — used a map of cholera cases (Broad Street pump) to link cholera to contaminated water.
3. Louis Pasteur — boiled broth in swan‑neck flasks to disprove spontaneous generation.