How did Francesco Redi disprove the idea of spontaneous generation? He showed that flies were not produced by meat. He showed that microorganisms are present in air. He showed that microorganisms cause disease. He showed that flies spread disease.
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Spontaneous generation is the idea that living organisms can arise from non-living matter. This was a widely held belief before the scientific method was applied to test it. Show more…
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