Transcript No Slide Title - Madison Public Schools

WARM UP #32
Describe the theory of spontaneous
generation. Tell how this theory was
proven wrong & by whom.
SPONTANEOUS GENERATION
* Living things can come from nonliving things
* Franscisco Redi proved it wrong with 3 jars of
meat
- tightly covered = no maggots
- gauze covered = maggots on top
(not on meat)
- uncovered = maggots on
meat
Pasteur - “S” shaped tube, bacteria collected in
the dip in the “S”, and did not get to
the bread