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History of Microbiology
Review Questions
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History of Microbiology Review Questions
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History of Microbiology
Practice Test Questions
These multiple choice and true/false questions are designed to help students practice and test their understanding of this topic.
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They are based on materials that can be found on the History of Microbiology Lecture Main Page.
1. Explain the contribution and its significance for the following early microbiologists.
a. Needham & Spallanzani
b. Redi
c. Leeuwenhoek
d. Tyndall
e. Pasteur
f. Nightingale
g. Snow
h. Lister
i. Domagk
j. Fleming
k. Jenner
l. Holmes & Semmelweis
2. Why was the persistence of the theory of spontaneous generation detrimental to the development of the field of microbiology?
3. Defend the statement "The investigations of Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
changed the world forever."
4. Specifically how did Spallanzani's experiments differ from Needham's and why was this difference so critical in discrediting the idea of spontaneous generation?
5. What important difference existed between the flasks used by Pasteur & Spallanzani? How did Pasteur's investigation settle the debate over spontaneous generation?
These are review questions from the Virtual Microbiology Classroom, designed to help students better understand the history of microbiology.
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2/2016
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