Alcamo’s Fundamentals of Microbiology (9th Edition, Pommerville) – Complete Test Bank with Questions and Answers , All Chapters

,Chap01, Chapter 1




Multiple g g Choice




1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the
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name ―cella‖ for theempt y cork spaces that became the
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word we use today, ―cells‖?
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A. Robert g g Hooke
B. Zacharias g g g g Janssen
C. Francesco Stalluti
D. Giovanni

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g g Ans: g g A




2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects
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ggmore than 200X.How ever, he failed to promote scientific
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inquiry because:
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B. he didn't reveal how he ground the
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that well.
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C. he limited his research to pond water
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D. it g g was g g only g g a g g hobby and gg g g he

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, 3. Leeuwenhoek g g was the gg g g first g g person to:
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D. suggest g g animalcules g g caused g g disease.


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4. Francesco Redi is famous for performing one of the
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firsthexperiments over the debaterega rding spontaneous generation.
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What was his experiment?
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A. He boiled some gg g g g g mutton gravy gg g g and sealed gg g g the tops
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B. He covered some jars of meat with gauze and lefthothers open.
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The covered jars did notdeve lop maggots, the uncovered ones did.
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C. He g g showed g g that g g mice g g will g g appear g g with g g damp g g rags g g and g g rice.
D. He g boiled
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Ans: g g B




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




B. Robert g g Koch
C. Lazzaro g g Spallanzani
D. Louis


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