Germ Theory

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

Which ancient Greek scientist said that sickness is caused by "bad air"?

• Pasteur

• Koch

• Hippocrates

• Snow

What is the theory that diseases come from bad air?

• miasma theory

• germ theory

• cell theory

• hippocratic theory

Which doctor from the 1840's told us that hand washing can stop the spread of diseases?

• Hippocrates

• Snow

• Pasteur

• Semmelweis