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Microbiology - introduction to history

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 2hrs 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cell theory describes that all the living things are composed and come from preexisting cells.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

Which of the following discovered by Alexander Fleming ?

a)

Bacteria

b)

The term " cell "

c)

Penicilin

d)

viruses

3.

Edward Jenner is the person who discovered ...

a)

Vaccination

b)

Jenner's experiment

c)

First antibiotic

d)

Inoculation

4.

Which of the following describes Koch experiment ?

a)

Microorganisms are isolated from a dead animal and identified.

b)

Microorganisms are grown in pure culture.

c)

Microorganisms are injected into a healthy animal.

d)

All of the above.

5.

Louis Pasteur had discovered ....

a)

Pasteurization

b)

Inoculation

c)

Spontaneous generation

d)

Antibiotic

6.

Small pox vaccine was first discovered by

a)

Robert Koch

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Joseph Lister

d)

Edward Jenner

7.

Father of microbiology is

a)

Louis Pasteur

b)

Robert Koch

c)

A.V. Leeuwenhoek

d)

Edward Jenner

8.

Antiseptic surgery was discovered by

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

John Tyndall

9.

Hand Washing to prevent childhood fever was introduced by

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Ignaz Semmelweis

d)

Edward Jenner

10.

This scientist experimented with raw meat: one was sealed and the other was left to be exposed to flies; maggot growth was observed ONLY in meat that was exposed.

a)

Francisco Redi

b)

Antony Von Leewenhoek

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

John Needham

11.

Who proposed the Koch's postulates in 1884?

a)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Robert Koch

d)

John Tyndall

12.

Who first isolated the anthrax bacillus in 1876?

a)

Robert Koch

b)

John Tyndall

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

13.

Which scientist conducted experiments to disprove the theory of spontaneous generation using a goosenecked flask?

a)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

John Tyndall

14.

Who proposed the concept of Pasteurization?

a)

John Tyndall

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

15.

Who is considered the 'Father of Microbiology'?

a)

John Tyndall

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

16.

Which scientist gave the first direct demonstration of the role of bacteria in causing disease?

a)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

John Tyndall

d)

Robert Koch

17.
Mycology is the study of what?
a)
fungi
b)
mice
c)
parasites
d)
viruses
18.
How is the antibiotic penicillin is made?
a)
Secreted from a fungus
b)
Secreted from a bacteria
c)
Synthesized in a lab
d)
Secreted from a plant
19.

Which of the following pairs of scientists were most directly responsible for the adopting of antiseptic technique practiced by hospitals and health care facilities today?

a)

Erlich and Nightingale

b)

Semmelwies and Lister

c)

Jenner and Snow

d)

Kluyver and van Neil

20.

Louis Pasteur demonstrated that particles of dust, carrying bacteria on their surface were the main cause of the spoilage of a broth in a container. This research led to the

a)

germ theory of disease.

b)

rejection of the theory of spontaneous generation.

c)

discovery of the Domain Archaea.

d)

development of the antibiotic penicillin.

21.

Francesco Redi attempted to disprove the theory of abiogenesis by demonstrating

a)

that bacteria are transported through the air on particles of dust.

b)

living things arise from a nonliving medium only in the presence of air.

c)

that flies do not arise from rotting meat.

d)

biochemical processes occur within living cells.

22.

The device invented by Anton van Leeuwenhoek was a(n)

a)

simple microscope.

b)

compound microscope.

c)

electron microscope.

d)

covered dish used in the culturing of microorganisms.

23.

1 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in history to

a)

Ause a magnifying glass.

b)

develop a taxonomic system.

c)

view microorganisms and record these observations.

d)

disprove spontaneous generation.