Multiple s s 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 s s Hooke
B. Zacharias s s s s Janssen
C. Francesco Stalluti
D. Giovanni
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s s Ans: s s A
2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects
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ssmore 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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A. see s s viruses.
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D. suggest s s animalcules s s caused s s disease.
Ans: C s s
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 mutton gravy
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B. He covered some jars of meat with gauze and lefthothers open. The
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covered jars did notdeve lop maggots, the uncovered ones did.
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C. He s s showed s s that s s mice s s will s s appear s s with s s damp s s rags s s and s s rice.
D. He s boiled
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Ans: s s B
5. did s s not s s attempt s s to prove s s s s or s s refute s s the s s idea s s of s s spontaneous
generation.
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A. Francesco Redi ss
B. Robert s s Koch
C. Lazzaro s s Spallanzani
D. Louis
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