History of Biochemistry Quiz

What did Robert Hooke invent in 1665?

• The microscope

• The telescope

• The barometer

Who first proposed a mechanism for photosynthesis?

• Antoine Lavoisier

• Robert Hooke

• Louis Pasteur

What did Louis Pasteur's experiment in 1856 show?

• Fermentation depends on bacteria

• Fermentation is a chemical process

• Fermentation is limited to yeast

What did Friedrich Miescher identify in 1869?

• Nuclein

• Protoplasm

• Cell theory

What significant discovery did Eduard Buchner make in the 1900s?

• Zymase

• Nuclein

• Photosynthesis

What did Phoebus Levene discover in 1919?

• Components of a nucleotide

• Structure of DNA

• Function of RNA

What is the Citric Acid Cycle also known as?

• Krebs cycle

• Glycolysis

• Fermentation

What did Oswald Avery suggest in 1944?

• Genetic material is DNA

• Genetic material is RNA

• Genetic material is protein

What did Erwin Chargaff conclude about DNA composition?

• Cytosine equals Guanine

• Adenine equals Thymine

• Both A and B

What was the first protein structure discovered in 1958?

• Insulin

• Hemoglobin

• Collagen