Unit 6 Part 4 Vocabulary Quiz

An inventor who developed the McCormick reaper is __________.

• Cyrus McCormick

• Eli Whitney

• John Deere

• Bill Gates

A non-profit organization that helps find homes for lost or neglected animals is called __________.

• Humane Society

• Animal Control

• American Red Cross

• Veterinary Clinic

A nonprofit organization in our country that provides assistance to those affected by natural disasters is __________.

• American Red Cross

• National Weather Service

• Federal Reserve Bank

• Habitat for Humanity

The process for removing bacteria in food allowing for safer food storage and handling is called __________.

• pasteurization

• fermentation

• freezing

• irradiation

A nonprofit organization that helps the less fortunate find affordable housing is __________.

• Habitat For Humanity

• World Health Organization

• World Wildlife Fund

• American Red Cross

The founder of Microsoft, a software company, is __________.

• Bill Gates

• Steve Jobs

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Louis Pasteur

A crop harvesting machine that won the gold medal at the London’s World fair in 1851 is called the __________.

• Microsoft

• Bacteria

• McCormick Reaper

• Thresher

The physician who discovered a cure for the polio virus is __________.

• Jonas Salk

• Alexander Fleming

• Edward Jenner

• Louis Pasteur

The scientist who invented vaccines for anthrax, rabies, and chicken cholera is __________.

• Louis Pasteur

• Alexander Fleming

• Cyrus McCormick

• Bill Gates

Living organisms that can sometimes cause infection and disease are called __________.

• bacteria

• plants

• minerals

• viruses