SCI 230 Week 2 Day 2

Discussion Question 1

A post modern theory of biology was called "The spontaneous generation theory." One part of this theory stated that" frogs come from muddy soil because they always appear in that environment." (The Scientific Method) This theory had been around since at least Aristotle's time if not before. Basically it stated that non-living things could give birth to living things. (The Scientific Method)

I refute this theory using scientific proof that it is incorrect. Through a controlled experiment it can be proven that frogs do not come from muddy soil but instead from tadpoles which are produced as offspring from other frogs.

If you take several containers and place muddy soil in them, you can allow different variables to take place such as; allowing air...