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Test Bank - Fundamentals of Microbiology 12th Edition by Jeffrey C. Pommerville 9781284211757 Chapter 1-27 | Complete Guide A+

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Test Bank - Fundamentals of Microbiology 12th Edition by Jeffrey C. Pommerville 9781284211757 Chapter 1-27 | Complete Guide A+

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1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the name ―cella‖ for
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theempt y cork spaces that became the word we use today, ―cells‖?
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A. Robert Hooke bb




B. Zacharias b b Janssen
C. Francesco Stalluti b b




D. Giovanni

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2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects more than
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200X.How ever, he failed to promote scientific inquiry because:
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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
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B. use a microscope.
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D. suggest animalcules bb b b caused disease. bb




Ans: C bb




4. Francesco Redi is famous for performing one of the first experiments over the
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debaterega rding 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 lefthothers open. The covered jars did
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notdeve lop 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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Ans: B bb




5. did not attempt to prove or refute the idea of spontaneous generation.
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A. Francesco Redi bb




B. Robert Koch bb




C. Lazzaro Spallanzani bb




D. Louis

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, 6. Which one of the following would be consistent with the idea of
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spontaneousgener ation?
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A. Microorganisms may be cultivated on solid laboratory media.
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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: bb bb bb




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




C. miasma was the cause of disease.
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D. experiments can be modified to test a hypothesis.
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Ans: D Page
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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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