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1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the name “cella” for th
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eempty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “cells”?
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A. Robert Hooke dt




B. Zacharias Janssen dt




C. Francesco Stalluti dt




D. Giovanni Faber dt




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2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects more than 200X
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.However, he failed to promote scientific inquiry because:
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A. he didn't share his drawings with other scientists.
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B. he didn't reveal how he ground the lenses and no one else was doing it that well.
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C. he limited his research to pond water
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D. it was only a hobby and he didn't live very long
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A. see viruses. dt




B. use a microscope. dt dt




C. describe bacteria. dt




D. suggest animalcules caused disease. dt dt dt




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4. Francesco Redi is famous for performing one of the first experiments over the debat
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eregarding spontaneous generation. What was his experiment?
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A. He boiled some mutton gravy and sealed the tops with corks.
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B. He covered some jars of meat with gauze and left others open. The covered jars did no
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tdevelop maggots, the uncovered ones did.
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C. He showed that mice will appear with damp rags and rice.
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D. He boiled broth for longer periods of time and sealed the tops with melted glass.
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5. dt did not attempt to prove or refute the idea of spontaneous generation.
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A. Francesco Redi dt




B. Robert Koch dt




C. Lazzaro Spallanzani dt




D. Louis Pasteur dt




Ans: B dt

, 6. Which one of the following would be consistent with the idea of spontaneousg
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eneration?
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B. Insects are important in the transmission of disease.
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C. Sick people give rise to microorganisms in their body.
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D. Disinfection is essential to prevent the spread of microorganisms.
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7. Spallanzani’s experiments showed that: dt dt dt




A. viruses were transmitted by water.
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B. spontaneous generation occurs. dt dt




C. miasma was the cause of disease.
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8. Which pair of scientists were antagonists during the same period of history?
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B. Koch and Leeuwenhoek
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