Louis Pasteur Quiz

What did Louis Pasteur prove about germs?

• Germs spread disease

• Germs can make people happy

• Germs can only be found in water

• Germs are good for plants

What is pasteurization used for?

• Cooling down drinks

• Heating liquids to kill bacteria

• Cleaning the air

• Making toys

What did Pasteur's notebooks reveal about his experiments?

• He wrote them in a secret code

• He sometimes changed the outcome to look better

• He always worked alone

• He never made any mistakes

What can a microscope do?

• Make things look bigger

• Make things look smaller

• Make objects disappear

• Change the color of objects

What was Louis Pasteur's profession before his discoveries?

• A farmer

• A professor

• A chef

• A painter

What did Pasteur say about luck?

• Luck is not real

• It only comes to those who wait

• You can only be lucky if your mind is prepared

• Luck is more important than hard work

What did Pasteur study that led to the development of vaccines?

• Plants

• Rocks

• Microbes

• Stars

What did Rita Colwell study?

• Dinosaurs

• Microbes

• Clouds

• Volcanoes

What did Pasteur discover about fermentation?

• It happens only in winter

• It is caused by microorganisms

• It can be stopped by freezing

• It makes things taste better

How did Pasteur help the silk industry in France?

• By marketing silk products

• By finding diseases affecting silkworms

• By inventing a new type of silk

• By designing better silk clothes