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1. Thescientist usuallyconsideredthefirst to seemicroorganisms,whichhecalled
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"animalcules", was
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Redi.


B.
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D.
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2. The word "animalcule"wascoined by
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A. Pasteur.
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C. Redi.
D. Tyndall.


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Theidea ofspontaneousGenerationpostulatedthat
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C. organismscould spontaneouslyarise from other livingorganisms. ,i ,i ,i ,i ,i ,i ,i




D. livingorganisms could spontaneouslyarise from non-livingmaterial.
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4. Whichofthese scientist(s)was/wereinvolvedin,amongotherthings, investigatingtheidea of
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spontaneous generation?
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A. Redi
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C. Pasteur
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B. wasused to explainwhyothersinvestigatingspontaneous generationhad obtainedresults that
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were opposite of those obtained by Pasteur.
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C. showed that microbescaused disease. ,i ,i ,i ,i




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Thestructurespresentinthehayinfusionsused in experimentsonspontaneous generationthat madethemdifficultto sterilize are
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A. chlorophyll.
B. toxins.
C. organelles.
D. endospores.

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7. The opposite resultsobtainedbyscientistsapparentlydoingthe same experimentsin
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C. ledto further experimentsthat ultimatelyfurthered knowledge.
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