Which Statement Concerning Spontaneous Generation of Life Is True

Multiple Choice

Which statement concerning spontaneous generation of life is true?

A) During the European Renaissance, most people understood that life can only arise from preexisting life.
B) Redi's experiments showed that flies only arose from rotting meat previously exposed to air.
C) Discovery of microscopic organisms in the 1600s disproved the idea of spontaneous generation.
D) In the 1600s, some believed that a "life force" in chemical environments could cause spontaneous generation of life.
E) Pasteur's experiments showed that microorganisms could arise from nonliving matter.