MIC205A Chapter 1 2025/2026 Exam
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Which defines spontaneous generation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Life arose from
non-living matter
John Needham assumed that microorganisms appearing in boiled broth did
so by spontaneous generation because - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔He believed that
boiling would kill any living thing in the broth
The theory that living things come from other living things is - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Biogenesis
What was the contribution of Cohn and Tyndall? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Recognized the existence of heat-resistant microbes and endospores
Unlike the term microorganism, the word microbe also includes - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Viruses
The disproving of spontaneous generation led to an era called - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Golden Age of Microbiology
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, The concept of living things arising from vital forces in non-living or
decomposing materials was known as which of the following? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Spontaneous generation
Rank the steps in the scientific process in order. Start with the earliest at
the top.
Instructions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔
John Needham produced results that Blank______ spontaneous
generation when he showed that broths that had been boiled and then
sealed with a cork Blank______. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔support; could still give
rise to microorganisms
The results collected by observation and experimentation during the
scientific method are called the - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Data
What is the theory of biogenesis? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Living things come from
other living things
Benefits of normal microbiota include all EXCEPT which of the following? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔They damage host tissue, allowing our immune system to
rid the body of microbes
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Questions and Correct Answers | New
Update
Which defines spontaneous generation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Life arose from
non-living matter
John Needham assumed that microorganisms appearing in boiled broth did
so by spontaneous generation because - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔He believed that
boiling would kill any living thing in the broth
The theory that living things come from other living things is - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Biogenesis
What was the contribution of Cohn and Tyndall? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Recognized the existence of heat-resistant microbes and endospores
Unlike the term microorganism, the word microbe also includes - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Viruses
The disproving of spontaneous generation led to an era called - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Golden Age of Microbiology
COPYRIGHT©BLAIRALISTERNEWTON 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
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, The concept of living things arising from vital forces in non-living or
decomposing materials was known as which of the following? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Spontaneous generation
Rank the steps in the scientific process in order. Start with the earliest at
the top.
Instructions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔
John Needham produced results that Blank______ spontaneous
generation when he showed that broths that had been boiled and then
sealed with a cork Blank______. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔support; could still give
rise to microorganisms
The results collected by observation and experimentation during the
scientific method are called the - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Data
What is the theory of biogenesis? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Living things come from
other living things
Benefits of normal microbiota include all EXCEPT which of the following? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔They damage host tissue, allowing our immune system to
rid the body of microbes
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