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Brief History of Microbiology

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

First person to come up of a classification system for living things

a)

Carolus Linnaeus

b)

Carl Woese

c)

Aristotle

d)

Lazzaro Spallanzani

2.

Select all choices that are connected to Biogenesis

a)

Rudolf Virchow

b)

living cells can arise from pre-existing cells

c)

Chaim Weizmann

d)

Louis Pasteur

3.

Discovered microbes that produces acetone and butanol

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Carl Woese

d)

Chaim Weizmann

4.

Treatment of certain diseases by using chemical substances

a)

Synthetic Drugs

b)

Chemotherapy

c)

Antibiotics

d)

Vaccination

5.

Also called the "Father of Immunology"

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Paul Ehrlich

6.

Scientist that wanted to prove that maggots cannot be born on decaying meat

a)

Lazzaro Spallanzani

b)

Spontaneous Generation

c)

John Needham

d)

Francesco Redi

7.

Cell Theory- all living things are composed of cells

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

d)

I don't care

8.

Developed a diptheria antitoxin

a)

Emil A. von Behring

b)

Hans Krebs

c)

Paul Ehrlich

d)

Robert Koch

9.

Chemicals that are produced naturally by bacteria and fungi to act against other microorganisms

a)

Hydrogel

b)

Synthetic Drugs

c)

Antibiotics

d)

Chemotherapy

10.

This theory states that microorganisms has the possibility to cause diseases

a)

Pasteurization

b)

Fermentation

c)

Biogenesis

d)

Germ Theory of Disease

11.

Who owns this postulate?

a)

Robert Koch, a German scientist

b)

Robert Koch, a Swedish botanist

c)

Edward Jenner, an English physician

d)

Louis Pasteur, a French biologist

12.

This scientist stated that handwashing prevents transmission of bacteria

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Chaim Weizmann

c)

Ignaz Semmelweis

d)

Francesco Redi

13.

This method is used to reduce spoilage and kill potential bacteria in the milk

a)

Pasteurization

b)

Fermentation

c)

Germ Theory of Disease

d)

Vaccination

14.

This disease is greater than the small pox

a)

Bacillus anthracis

b)

anthrax

c)

cow pox

d)

chicken pox

15.

Applied the Germ Theory of Disease in medical procedures

a)

Ignaz Semmelweis

b)

Emil A. von Behring

c)

Joseph Lister

d)

Hans Krebs

16.

an antibiotic produced by a fungus

a)

Bacillus anthracis

b)

Staphyloccocus aureus

c)

Helicobacter pylori

d)

Penicillum chrysogenum