Question

Francesco Redi performed an experiment in 1668. In the experiment, he placed rotting meat in two jars. The first jar was left open. After a few days, fly larvae were found on the decaying meat inside. The mouth of the second jar was covered with gauze. After a few days, the decaying meat inside was free of fly larvae, but larvae were found on the gauze. This experiment supports the hypothesis that.....

Answer 1

Francesco Redi's experiment demonstrated that maggots come from eggs laid by flies on the meat, debunking the idea of spontaneous generation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Francesco Redi's experiment in 1668 supports the hypothesis that maggots do not arise from spontaneous generation, but rather from flies laying eggs on the meat. Redi's experiment involved placing rotting meat in jars, some of which were open, some covered with gauze, and others tightly sealed. His observations showed that maggots developed only in the uncovered containers where flies had direct contact with the meat, thereby disproving the notion that maggots could spontaneously generate from the meat itself.

Answer 2

The experiment performed by Francesco Redi supports the hypothesis that fly larvae only come from adult flies based on his experiment design using a covered-meat and non-covered meat. In addition, he also believed that maggots came from the fly rather than from the rotten meat by using the same experiment design.