Lecture 2

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

• Biogenesis

• Spontaneous generation

• pasteurization

• germ theory

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

• bad smell

• evil spirits

• curses

• bacteria

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

• Edward Jenner

• Robert Koch

• Louis Pasteur

• Joseph Lister

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

• relativity

• biogenesis

• Germ theory

• spontaneous generation

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

• Snow

• Aristotle

• Semmelweis

• Lazzaro

Which is not part of Koch's Postulates?

• Pathogens injected into a 2nd host will cause the same disease as the 1st host

• Pathogens will be found in the body of sick organisms and not in healthy ones

• Pathogens will be spread through water

• Pathogens can be isolated from a sick organism and grown in the lab

Which scientist blamed contaminated water for the spread of diseases, such as Cholera?

• Lister

• Snow

• Needham

• Pasteur