Bio II Unit 1: Evolution exam 2024 with 100% correct answers

spontaneous generationAnswer - living things come from non-living things Redi experimentAnswer - maggots generated spontaneously from rotting meat Spallanzani experimentAnswer - hypothesized that microorganisms came from other microorganisms, not air broth killed vital forces of air that generated lifeAnswer - what did opponent of spallanzani experiment say? BiogenesisAnswer - living things come from other living things Pasteur experimentAnswer - disapproved spontaneous generation(used curved neck flask) 4.6 billon yearsAnswer - How old is earth? formation of earthAnswer - 5 million years ago a mass of gas and pulled by gravity and formed the sun . Earth grew larger as more debris pulled in. took another billion years to cool Radiometric DatingAnswer - way to age material isotopesAnswer - elements that differ in number of neutrons radioactive decayAnswer - unstable nuclei release particles/radiant energy until become unstable half-lifeAns