WorksheetsThe Scientists
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which scientist looked at cork under a microscope and labeled the little rooms he saw, 'cells?'
a)
Hooke
b)
Leeuwenhoek
c)
Schwann
d)
Schleiden
2.
Look at the image. Which scientist is responsible for this experiment?
a)
Pasteur
b)
Griffith
c)
Redi
d)
Virchow
3.
These two scientists developed the first model of DNA.
a)
Hershey and Chase
b)
Franklin and Wilkins
c)
Watson and Crick
d)
Davis and Lee
4.
This scientist is known for his/her work in crystallography (x-ray diffraction) and how it helped shape the structure of DNA.
a)
Franklin
b)
Wilkins
c)
Hershey
d)
Chase
5.
This scientist is renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccinations. He is also known for an experiment where he demonstrated that in sterilized and sealed flasks nothing ever developed, and in sterilized but open flasks microorganisms could grow.
a)
Koch
b)
Pasteur
c)
Chargaff
d)
Darwin
6.
Building on Pasteur's experiment, this scientist proved that bacteria was the cause of Anthrax.
a)
Virchow
b)
Leeuvenhoek
c)
Koch
d)
Mendel
7.
This scientist was the first to see a living cell under the microscope. He named these organisms "animalcules."
a)
Leeuvenhoek
b)
Hooke
c)
Schleiden
d)
Schwann
8.
This scientist is known for stating the following, "All animals are made of cells."
a)
Schleiden
b)
Schwann
c)
Redi
d)
Virchow
9.
This scientist is known for stating, "All plants are made of cells."
a)
Schwann
b)
Schleiden
c)
Redi
d)
Virchow
10.
This scientist showed that that flies breed and lay eggs and do not, as was popularly believed, spontaneously generate.
a)
Virchow
b)
Chargaff
c)
Redi
d)
Avery
11.
Was first to state that "All cells come from existing cells."
a)
Redi
b)
Virchow
c)
Chargaff
d)
Darwin
12.
Through their experiment, these scientists were able to support the idea that DNA was the fundamental unit that carried information from one cell to the other - not protein. They used bacteriophages to conduct their experiment.
a)
Hershey and Chase
b)
Franklin and Wilkins
c)
Watson and Crick
d)
Davis and Lee
13.
This scientist is known for his 'rules' regarding DNA base pairing.
a)
Chargaff
b)
Darwin
c)
Avery
d)
Pasteur
14.
This scientist sailed around the world looking for connections between various living organisms. He spent a lot of his time on the Galapagos Islands looking at turtles and finches.
a)
Mendel
b)
Darwin
c)
Avery
d)
Hooke
15.
Who is the Father of Genetics?
a)
Gregor Mendel
b)
Charles Darwin
c)
Louis Pasteur
d)
Robert Hooke
16.
What was Linnaeus the founder of?
a)
Taxonomy
b)
Genetics
c)
DNA
d)
Structure of a Cell
17.
This scientist believed that organisms changed over time from simple to complex, passing acquired traits to offspring.
a)
Darwin
b)
Cuvier
c)
Wallace
d)
Lamark
18.
He developed the first vaccine using cow pox to inoculate against small pox - 1790s
a)
John Gaunt
b)
Robert Koch
c)
Louis Pasteur
d)
Edward Jenner
19.
He formulated a set of postulates or standards to identify organisms that cause infectious diseases - 1843-1910
a)
Edward Jenner
b)
Robert Koch
c)
William Farr
d)
James Lind
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