People once thought that life could arise from nonliving matter, an idea called spontaneous generation. How did scientists show this idea to be incorrect? (1 point)

Responses

Genetic scientists transferred genes between organisms.

Louis Pasteur conducted an experiment on the growth of microbes in meat broth.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek observed tiny living things under a microscope.

Robert Hooke identified cells in the tissue of cork.

1 answer

Louis Pasteur conducted an experiment on the growth of microbes in meat broth.