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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which hypothesis of germ theory suggested that living things come from preexisting living things?
Spontaneous generation
pasteurization
germ theory
biogenesis
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT a believed cause of disease prior to the 1870s?
evil spirits
bad smells
bacteria
curses
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which scientist discovered the bacteria that causes smallpox using Koch's Postulates?
Edward Jenner
Robert Koch
Louis Pasteur
Allen Steere
- 4. Multiple Choice
An animal that carries a pathogen that can infect a human is called a .....
pathogen
disease
vector
biotic agent
- 5. Multiple Choice
Malaria is caused in humans by being bitten by an infected mosquito. What method of how disease is spread is this an example of?
person to person
contaminated water
infected animal
mosquito
- 6. Multiple Choice
Antibiotics will kill which of the following:
viruses
fungus
protists
bacteria
- 7. Multiple Choice
Redi's experiment where he showed that maggots come from flies, not from meat, DISPROVES what theory?
biogenesis
spontaneous generation
relativity
pathogens
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which ancient Greek scientist said that sickness is caused by "bad air"?
Pasteur
Koch
Hippocrates
Snow
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the theory that diseases come from bad air?
miasma theory
germ theory
cell theory
hippocratic theory
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which doctor from the 1840's told us that hand washing can stop the spread of diseases?
Hippocrates
Snow
Pasteur
Semmelweis
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which scientist blamed contaminated water for the spread of diseases, such as Cholera?
Snow
Pasteur
Semmelweis
Koch
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which scientist worked with wine to discover that the idea of spontaneous generation is wrong?
Koch
Semmelweis
Pasteur
Snow
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which scientist created a set of rules to identify the germ responsible for causing diseases?
Pasteur
Semmelweis
Snow
Koch
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which is not part of Koch's Postulates?
Pathogens will be found in the body of sick organisms and not in healthy ones
Pathogens will be spread through water
Pathogens can be isolated from a sick organism and grown in the lab
Pathogens injected into a 2nd host will cause the same disease as the 1st host
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the idea that infections diseases are caused by microorganisms (germs)?
Cell Theory
Miasma Theory
Theory of Evolution
Germ Theory
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is NOT something that we do now because of germ theory?
"scrub in" for surgery
avoid breathing stinky, bad air
vaccinate people to prevent infection
sanitize tools at an orthodontist office
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is a particle made of nucleic acid and protein that can only replicate by infecting living cells?
bacteria
virus
fungus
protist
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about viruses is true?
They're living: they have DNA and RNA
They're non-living: they can't change/evolve over time
They're non-living: they can only replicate with a host
They're living: they grow and develop
- 19. Multiple Choice
What can help stop the spread of viruses?
isolating bad air
antibiotics
removing all water pumps
vaccination
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Spontaneous Generation?Rats spread germsMicro-organisms came out of decaying matterDecay attracted maggotsHappened near miasms
- 21. Multiple Choice
Louis Pasteur is famous for
Designing Pasteurization
Developing spontaneous generation
Making cheese
Showing that maggots come from flies
- 22. Multiple Choice
What was Robert Koch's 1st postulate?
The disease should be widespread
The disease must be found in all infected animals
The disease must be spontaneously generated
The disease must be a living organism
- 23. Multiple Choice
What type of disease can antibiotics cure?
Virus
Prions
Bacteria
Yeast
- 24. Multiple ChoiceA disease-causing microorganism such as certain bacteria or viruses.EpidemicAllergyPathogenAutumn
- 25. Multiple ChoiceThe breakdown of part of the body or the failure of the body to work properly.DiseaseAllergyPathogenInspection
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWet, sticky membranes in the mouth and nose that trap pathogens.TongueGermCell wallMucous membranes
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe body's system that fights pathogens.Cardiovascular systemImmune systemDigestive systemNeurological system
- 28. Multiple ChoiceThe blood cells that fight pathogens.White blood cellsRed blood cellsPlasmaHemoglobin
- 29. Multiple ChoiceA protein made by white blood cells to fight a specific pathogen.AntibodyAntivirusAllegraAllotment
- 30. Multiple ChoiceOne-celled organism without a nucleus.VirusBacteriaGermNucleus
- 31. Multiple ChoiceA tiny particle that can reproduce only inside the cells of living things.VirusBacteriaGermAtom
- 32. Multiple ChoiceA disease that can be passed from one person to another through pathogens.Communicable diseaseNoncommunicable disease
- 33. Multiple ChoiceThis may occur when an area has not been vaccinated against a disease or when good health practices have not been followed.DiseaseCongestionEpidemicPathogen
- 34. Multiple ChoiceA disease that is caused by genes.Dependent diseaseHereditary diseaseInfectious disease
- 35. Multiple ChoiceA disease that is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth.CancerTyphoidInfluenza
- 36. Multiple ChoiceA substance that causes an allergic reaction.AllergyAllergenAllegra
- 37. Multiple Choice
Known as the Father of Microbiology due to his work with "animacules" found on his own teeth is:
Jonas Salk
Robert Koch
Semmelweiss
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
- 38. Multiple Choice
Known for his work with the maternity ward patients. They had babies, which he delivered, but they and the mothers got very sick from childbed fever.
Edward Jenner
Ignaz Semmelweiss
Robert Koch
Jonas Salk
- 39. Multiple ChoiceThis scientist is known for the first vaccine created in a laboratory and is known for pasteurization and proving that germs cause disease.Alexander FlemingAlbert EinsteinLouis PasteurJoseph Lister
- 40. Multiple ChoiceThis scientist is best known for his Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the antibiotic penicillin in 1928.Alexander FlemingAlbert EinsteinLouis PasteurJoseph Lister
- 41. Multiple Choice
John Snow is best know for what based on his work with cholera
Father of Microbiology
Father of Bateriology
Father of Epidemiology
Father of Immunology
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