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Humans and the Microbial
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World
Multiple Choice Questions
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1. The scientist usually considered the first to see microorganisms, which he call
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ed "animalcules", was
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Redi.
B.
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C.
Pasteur.
D.
Tyndall.
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,2. The word "animalcule" was coined by
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A. Pasteur.
B. van Leeuwenhoek.
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C. Redi.
D. Tyndall.
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3.
ThenhideanhofnhspontaneousnhGenerationnhpostulatednhthat
A. organisms could evolve into the next generation of organisms.
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B. organisms could spontaneously combust.
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C. organisms could spontaneously arise from other living organisms.
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D. living organisms could spontaneously arise from non-living material.
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4. Which of these scientist(s) was/were involved in, among other things, investigating the id
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ea of spontaneous generation?
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A. Redi
B. van Leeuwenhoek
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C. Pasteur
D. Escherich
E. Redi AND Pasteur nh nh
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, 5. The work of Tyndall and Cohn
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A. supported the idea of spontaneous generation.
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B. was used to explain why others investigating spontaneous generation had obtained resul
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ts that were opposite of those obtained by Pasteur.
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C. showed that microbes caused disease.
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D. allowed scientists to see microorganisms.
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6.
Thenhstructuresnhpresentnhinnhthenhhaynhinfusionsnhusednhinnhexperimentsnhonnhspontaneousnhgenerationnhthatnhmadenhthemnhdifficultnht
onhsterilizenhare
A. chlorophyll.
B. toxins.
C. organelles.
D. endospores.
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7. The opposite results obtained by scientists apparently doing the same experiments
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in investigating spontaneous generation
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A. shows the importance of repeating experiments.
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B. shows the importance of exactly duplicating experimental conditions.
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C. led to further experiments that ultimately furthered knowledge.
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D. All of the choices are correct.
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