Title: 13 Where does life come from
11-3Where does life come from?
2Spontaneous generation- The idea that living
things come from nonliving things.
3Louis Pasteur-French chemist that proved
spontaneous generation wrong.
4Biogenesis-The theory that living things only
come from living things.
5Timeline for origin of life1668-Francesco
Redi1745-John Needham1768-Lazzaro
Spallanzani1859-Louis Pasteur1924-Alexander
Oparin1953-Stanley Miller
6Redi Experiment-1 raw meat in jars.2
covered/uncovered3 no flies/fliesAgainst
Spontaneous Generation (S. G.)
7Needham1 heated broth in sealed flask.2
microorganisms grewfor S. G.
8Spallanzani-1 boiled broth sealed flask2 opened
became cloudysealed stayed clear.Against S. G.
9Pasteur-1 boiled broth in s-necked flask.2 only
became cloudy when tilted.Against S. G.
10Oparin1 hypothesized that energy from the sun
or lightening triggered a chemical reaction that
produced the needed materials for life to begin.
11Miller1 sent electricity through gasses
believed to be Earths early atmosphere. Produce
amino acids.