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Core Facts 5 Mostly Essays

Authored by Richard Thorpe

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11th Grade

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Core Facts 5 Mostly Essays
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What motivated Alexander Fleming to find an antibiotic to treat streptococci infection?

He hoped for a Noble Prize

His son was infected with it

He saw many men die of it in World War 1

He thought it would lead to a cure for cholera

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Penicillin mould floated through the lab window and landed on petri dishes of germs, showing it was an antibiotic. Why were the petri dishes left out?

It was a deliberate policy

He was sulking after he felt his work wasn't appreciated

He did it to get his own back on the Lab Assistant

Fleming was going on holiday and didn't clear up.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Fleming's individual genius in discovering penicillin?

He recognised the mould in the dish was an antibiotic

He was an expert of different kinds of mould

He was a very able lecturer

He never gave up on a discovery when he made it

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Ernst Chain discover Fleming's work?

He attended a lecture Fleming gave

He read up Fleming's notes on his experiments

He saw a film in which Fleming talked about antibiotics

He met Fleming in a pub

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What method did Florey and Chain use to mass produce Penicillin?

Palatalisation

Peculation

Freeze-Dry

Spectrum ANalysis

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the US Government pay to mass produce penicillin?

To save lives in the Deep South

To prove they were better than Germany

To stop the British getting it

To cure soldiers and get back fighting

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did James Simpson test the pain killers [anaesthetics]?

On himself

on mice

on frogs

on orphans

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