Spontaneous generation is a concept of the origin of life that can be traced back to the theories of Greek philosophers Aristotle and Plato and persisted through the Enlightenment Period. While some Enlightenment Period scientists experimented to show that life could arise even under controlled conditions, their methods were not sanitary and microbial contamination of the containers used gave dubious results. it was Louis Pasteur who is generally credited with refuting the idea due to his more advanced and precise control of starting conditions that revealed that no life arose from non-life. This strongly established that life cannot arise from non-life.
Today, we have similar superstition by some naturalists who posit that natural processes are capable of producing living entities, whether it is SETI searching for extraterrestrials, NASA astrobiologists searching for aliens and panspermia, or other life enthusiasts similarly inclined.
Currently, the term abiogenesis is used by naturalists to detail the emergence of life from non-life,and has failed miserably to do so. It is very similar to the spontaneous generation idea that was disproven and lost favor in the 1800's. The current understanding strongly favors abiogenesis because it ideologically fits the belief system that all reality is the result of natural processes and forces, but there is not evidence of its validity, not even at the simplest biochemical levels.
The question is incomplete, the complete question is:
A mushroom gains its energy by decomposing the tissues of dead organisms. Should mushrooms be classified as autotrophs, heterotrophs, in both groups, or in neither group, and for what reason?
A. They are autotrophs because they do not eat their food, as animals do.
B. They are autotrophs because decomposition is very similar to photosynthesis.
C. They are heterotrophs because their food is made by other organisms.
D. They are both autotrophs and heterotrophs, because they may grow in sunlight or darkness.
Answer:
The correct answer is option C.
Explanation:
Heterotrophs are the species, which do not possess the tendency to produce their own food and rely upon other organisms for their food. Fungi are the heterotrophs as they obtain their food from other dead or living organisms.
Mushrooms come under the kingdom Fungi and obtain their food by decomposing dead remnants of organisms or feeding for the production of energy.
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Explanation:
Mushrooms are heterotrophs because they obtain energy from other animals
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Law
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A scientific law, is a statement that describes a principle of nature, they are also known as natural laws, and are generally always true.
Scientific laws are often mathematical formulas or expressions of natural events that occur, for example gravity.
Gravity is a natural event that occurs and it was put into a mathematical equation by Issac Newton
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If temperatures continue to rise, the oceans may become too warm to allow kelp growth; therefore, existing kelp would die and restoration would be next to impossible because young kelp is especially vulnerable.
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