Germ Theory & Microscopes Quiz

Which hypothesis of germ theory suggested that living things come from preexisting living things?

• Spontaneous generation

• pasteurization

• germ theory

• biogenesis

Which of the following was NOT a believed cause of disease prior to the 1870s?

• evil spirits

• bad smells

• bacteria

• curses

Which scientist discovered the bacteria that causes smallpox using Koch's Postulates?

• Edward Jenner

• Robert Koch

• Louis Pasteur

• Allen Steere

An animal that carries a pathogen that can infect a human is called a .....

• pathogen

• disease

• vector

• biotic agent

Malaria is caused in humans by being bitten by an infected mosquito. What method of how disease is spread is this an example of?

• person to person

• contaminated water

• infected animal

• mosquito

Antibiotics will kill which of the following:

• viruses

• fungus

• protists

• bacteria

Redi's experiment where he showed that maggots come from flies, not from meat, DISPROVES what theory?

• biogenesis

• spontaneous generation

• relativity

• pathogens

What part of the microscope is indicated by the letter B?

• eyepiece

• coarse focus

• fine focus

• objective lens

What part of the microscope is indicated by the letter A?

• objective lens

• stage

• eyepiece

• coarse focus

What part of the microscope is indicated by the letter D?

• fine focus

• coarse focus

• stage

• condenser