Bio 400 Practice Questions with correct answers
Franciscus Sylvius invented ____ as a kidney medicine.
A) Gin
B) Sweet Vitriol
C) Tonic Water
D) Laudenum
E) Ovaltine - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A
Paracelsus advocated the use of ____ to treat syphilis.
A) Theriac
B) herbs
C) bed rest
D) Arsenic
E) Mercury - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
Which of the following is the correct order of people and events?
A) Leeuwenhoek - Paracelcus - invention of binomial nomenclature in biology - William
Harvey - First test tube synthesis of an organic molecule
B) Paracelcus - first test tube synthesis - invention of binomial nomenclature - Harvey -
Leeuwenhoek
,C) Leeuwenhoek - Paracelcus - Harvey - test tube synthesis - binomial nomenclature
D) Leeuwenhoek - Harvey - Paracelcus - test tube synthesis - binomial nomenclature
E) Paracelcus - Harvey - Leeuwenhoek - binomial nomenclature - test tube synthesis - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
Which of the following is least characterized by the scientific revolution, in the period 1500-
1700?
A) a new way of looking at celestial events, especially the workings of the solar system
B) an enhanced respect for the works of ancient Greek science, especially Aristotle and
Ptolemy
C) the use of mathematics in the physical sciences
D) a greater trust in original observations of nature
E) the extension of human senses through the use of instruments - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔B
Who invented the word biology?
A) Darwin
B) Aristotle
C) Pliny
D) Lavoisier
E) Lamarck - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
Which of the following are arranged in correct chronological order?
, A) Democritus, Aristotle, Galen, Mohammed, St. Hildegard of Bingen, Albertus Magnus
B) Aristotle, Democritus, Galen, Mohammed, St. Hildegard of Bingen, Albert Magnus
C) Democritus, Aristotle, Galen, Mohammed, Albertus Magnus, St. Hildegard of Bingen
D) Aristotle, Galen, Democritus, Mohammed, Albertus Magnus, St. Hildegard of Bingen.
E) Galen, Aristotle, Democritus, Mohammed, Albertus Magnus, St. Hildegard of Bingen - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A
Aristotle's Scale of Nature arranges organisms according to their degree of
A) complexity
B) usefulness
C) intelligence
D) moral excellence
E) form dominance - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
Two Physicians and physiologists at Alexandria, Erasistratus and Herophilus, focused much
of their attention on
A) the function of the kidneys
B) reproductive biology
C) digestion and elimination
D) Blood vessels and their function
E) Mental illness and its organic causes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔D
The oldest know menagerie dates from Egypt of about 3500 BC. What is a menagerie?
A) it is a botanical garden
Franciscus Sylvius invented ____ as a kidney medicine.
A) Gin
B) Sweet Vitriol
C) Tonic Water
D) Laudenum
E) Ovaltine - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A
Paracelsus advocated the use of ____ to treat syphilis.
A) Theriac
B) herbs
C) bed rest
D) Arsenic
E) Mercury - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
Which of the following is the correct order of people and events?
A) Leeuwenhoek - Paracelcus - invention of binomial nomenclature in biology - William
Harvey - First test tube synthesis of an organic molecule
B) Paracelcus - first test tube synthesis - invention of binomial nomenclature - Harvey -
Leeuwenhoek
,C) Leeuwenhoek - Paracelcus - Harvey - test tube synthesis - binomial nomenclature
D) Leeuwenhoek - Harvey - Paracelcus - test tube synthesis - binomial nomenclature
E) Paracelcus - Harvey - Leeuwenhoek - binomial nomenclature - test tube synthesis - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
Which of the following is least characterized by the scientific revolution, in the period 1500-
1700?
A) a new way of looking at celestial events, especially the workings of the solar system
B) an enhanced respect for the works of ancient Greek science, especially Aristotle and
Ptolemy
C) the use of mathematics in the physical sciences
D) a greater trust in original observations of nature
E) the extension of human senses through the use of instruments - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔B
Who invented the word biology?
A) Darwin
B) Aristotle
C) Pliny
D) Lavoisier
E) Lamarck - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
Which of the following are arranged in correct chronological order?
, A) Democritus, Aristotle, Galen, Mohammed, St. Hildegard of Bingen, Albertus Magnus
B) Aristotle, Democritus, Galen, Mohammed, St. Hildegard of Bingen, Albert Magnus
C) Democritus, Aristotle, Galen, Mohammed, Albertus Magnus, St. Hildegard of Bingen
D) Aristotle, Galen, Democritus, Mohammed, Albertus Magnus, St. Hildegard of Bingen.
E) Galen, Aristotle, Democritus, Mohammed, Albertus Magnus, St. Hildegard of Bingen - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔A
Aristotle's Scale of Nature arranges organisms according to their degree of
A) complexity
B) usefulness
C) intelligence
D) moral excellence
E) form dominance - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔E
Two Physicians and physiologists at Alexandria, Erasistratus and Herophilus, focused much
of their attention on
A) the function of the kidneys
B) reproductive biology
C) digestion and elimination
D) Blood vessels and their function
E) Mental illness and its organic causes - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔D
The oldest know menagerie dates from Egypt of about 3500 BC. What is a menagerie?
A) it is a botanical garden
