LSE GT MICROBIOLOGY

The study of organisms that are too small to be visible with the naked eye is called

• microscopes
• biology
• microbiology
• organology

This scientist is known for the first vaccine created in a laboratory and is known for pasteurization and proving that germs cause disease.

• Alexander Fleming
• Albert Einstein
• Louis Pasteur
• Joseph Lister

This scientist is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the antibiotic penicillin in 1928.

• Alexander Fleming
• Albert Einstein
• Louis Pasteur
• Joseph Lister

The origin of sterilizing wounds and surgical instruments came from this scientist.

• Alexander Fleming
• Albert Einstein
• Louis Pasteur
• Joseph Lister

This scientist, known for his “Germ Theory,” showed that airborne microbes were the cause of disease

• Alexander Fleming
• Albert Einstein
• Louis Pasteur
• Joseph Lister

Which scientist came back from a vacation and found that a bluish-green mold had killed bacteria?

• Alexander Fleming
• Albert Einstein
• Louis Pasteur
• Joseph Lister

The antibiotic called penicillin was also called _________ juice because it came from _______

• Fruit
• Cootie
• Cheese
• Mold

The practice of heating liquids to kill bacteria is called

• fermentation
• pasteurization
• vaccination
• microbiology

Weak forms of disease can help make a person immune to the disease

• vaccine
• sterilization
• pasteurization
• antibiotics

_____are tiny, living, one-celled creatures that can be good for us or can cause strep throat.

• Viruses
• Bacteria
• Infections
• Cooties