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Assignment -0. Scientific Inquiry
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The idea of spontaneous generation was disproved by
in an experiment involving jars of meat.
Francesco Redi
Jan Baptista van Helmont
Aristotle
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The idea of spontaneous generation was disproved by Francesco Redi.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Spontaneous generation is a theory that states that living organism can generate from an inanimate object.

• In, 1668, Francesco Redi demonstrate an experiment explaining the theory of spontaneous generation by using meat.He noticed that flies laid eggs on meat which was kept open and maggots developed.

• He took three pieces of meat to do the experiment.

• The first piece of meat was kept open and as usual maggot development takes place.

• With the 2nd piece of meat,he covered it with a piece of cheesecloth and noticed that,flies lay eggs on the cheesecloth but when he removed the cloth,maggot did't form.

• Next, he took a piece of paper and cover the meat piece, and he noticed that flies did't lay any eggs and thus no maggots formed.