Spontaneous generation is the hypothesis that nonliving material can change into living things. Most scientists hundreds of years ago accepted this hypothesis. The following is one experiment that was done to test the hypothesis of spontaneous generation.

Meat was placed in three identical glass jars. One jar was open, one jar was tightly sealed, and one jar was covered with a fine mesh that allowed air into the jar but kept flies out. Maggots (fly larvae) only appeared in the open jar.

As a result of this experiment and others like it, most scientists today reject the hypothesis of spon

Question

Spontaneous generation is the hypothesis that nonliving material can change into living things. Most scientists hundreds of years ago accepted this hypothesis. The following is one experiment that was done to test the hypothesis of spontaneous generation.

Meat was placed in three identical glass jars. One jar was open, one jar was tightly sealed, and one jar was covered with a fine mesh that allowed air into the jar but kept flies out. Maggots (fly larvae) only appeared in the open jar.

As a result of this experiment and others like it, most scientists today reject the hypothesis of spon