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WorksheetsPain, Pus and Posison
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What animal did they test the cure for Syphilis on?
Rabbit
Chimpanzee
Rat
Hamster
What happened to the bacteria once the Penicillin mould was introduced?
They shrunk to a harmless size and died off
They grew too fast and burst
They couldn´t expand and therefore exploded
They were weakened allowing the white blood cells to engulf them
Who created first Germ theory?
Friedrich Sertürner
Louis Pasteur
Robert Koch
Carl Curler
What was Paul Ehrlich's Favourite colour ?
methylene blue
meldola blue
malachite green
naphthol yellow
What is the correct name for the compound that cured the rabbit of syphilis?
Salvarsan 607
Salvarsan 689
Salvarsan 605
Salvarsan 606
Where did Dr. Hazel Barton made her discovery of a new bacteria species in a cave?
Carlsbad National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park
Mammoth Cave National Park
Which parts of the body are home to 'thousands of different species of bacteria'?
Guts and Intestine
Stomach
Liver
Pancreas
What can ants use to defend their food (fungus) from diseases?
Their bodies are covered in antibody producing bacteria
They rub their bodies on their food
Cut out the parts of the food that are diseases
All of the above
What was killing lots of the sheep in the rural areas?
Anthrax
Bubonic Plague
Influenza
Tuberculosis
When was penicillin rediscovered?
1936
1937
1938
1939
Who originally discovered penicillin?
Ian Fleming
Howard Florey
Ernst Chain
Alexander Fleming
What caused Albert Alexander's infection?
Broken leg
Scratch from a rose thorn
Caught a cold
Broken arm
Approximately what was the death rate of small pox?
90%
50%
10%
30%
Up to 1940 1/3 of the death was caused by which infection:
Viral
Parasitic
Bacterial
Prions
When and by who was penicillin discovered?
ancient Egyptians
Sir Alexander Fleming 1928
Felix Hoffman 1890
Sir Alexander Fleming 1936
Which environment is believed to be rich in antibacterial potential
sea beds
deserts
soil
forest
what date did George Washington 'lay dying' according to the documentary?
Sunday 15th January
Saturday 14th December
Monday 17 June
Thursday the 22nd May
Why did people back in the day bleed people out?
To remove the 'bad blood'
To try and save it for blood transfusion
Cause it looks like fun
to try and clone the person in the future
What is the most deadly disease humans have faced in the past few hundred years?
Covid-19
The bubonic plague
Small pox
Tuberculosis
What is the miasma theory?
bacteria causes infection
bad air cause infection
bad water cause infection
animals cause infection
Where is Robert Koch from?
France
Polan
Sweden
Germany
What phrase for German folk story did Paul Erlich say?
you could create these magic bullets
you could create these magic beans
you could create these magic cures
you could create these magic dyes
What substance did doctors use in the early 20th century to treat syphilis?
Gold
Mercury
Copper
Uranium
What level of secure lab is small pox held in?
2
3
4
5
What was the first human disease that was eradicated?
rinderpest
chicken pox
smallpox
sheep pox
