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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MICROBIOLOGYUNIT1/2
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Question 1: ? Aristotle Idea that living things can arise from
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nonliving matter
Question 2: who was knowen as the "Master of the Microscope"
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek Question 3: ? Recall SGT - disease was spontaneously generated instead of being created by microorganisms which grow by reproduction
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spontanious generation theory
Question 4: ? Introduced solid medium (agar) and the inoculating loop
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Robert Koch -
Question 5: Disproving the Theory of Spontaneous Generation
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Redi's Experiments
Question 6: ? who helped Lead to the discovery of other antibiotic sources
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Sir Alexander Fleming Question 7: ? Was highly controversial but now a cornerstone of modern medicine and clinical microbiology
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Germ Theory Question 8: ? Many philosophers and scientists of past ages thought that organisms could develop from nonliving matter
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spontaneously come to life spontanious generation theory Question 9: ? His work led to the development of methods for controlling the growth of microorganisms
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Louis Pasteur Question 10: ? 1861 - definitive proof against spontaneous generation through "swan neck flask" experiments
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Louis Pasteur Question 11: ? Observation: Since there were no refrigerators, the mandatory daily trip to the butcher shop, especially in summer, meant battling flies around carcasses.
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? Conclusion: Obviously, the rotting meat that had been hanging in the sun all day was the source of the flies.
Question 12: The results of this experiment disproved the idea of spontaneous generation for larger organisms, but people still thought that
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microscopic organisms like algae or bacteria could arise that way.Question 13: ? Example - Pieces of cheese and bread wrapped in rags and left in a dark corner, were thought to produce mice, because after several weeks, there were mice in the rags.
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Question 14: ? Submitted observations/drawings to the Royal Society of London
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Question 15: Who is knowen as "The Postulator"
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Robert Koch Question 16: ? is the process of heating liquids for the purpose of destroying viruses and harmful organisms such as bacteria, protozoa, molds, and yeasts.
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Pasteurization Question 17: ? By 1860, the debate had become so heated that the Paris Academy of Sciences offered a prize for any experiments that would help resolve this conflict
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Question 18: ? Their conclusions were based on untested observations
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Question 19: microorganisms are the cause of many diseases.
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? Germ Theory -
Question 20: Who is knowen for "Origin of Life"
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Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
Question 21: ? in 1673 who- developed simple microscope like magnifying glass
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek Question 22: who is knowen for coming up with - "Penicillin in his Petri Dish"
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Sir Alexander Fleming Question 23: Hypothesis: Microbes come from cells of organisms on dust particles in the air; not the air itself.
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Pasteur's Swan Neck Experiment Question 24: ? For centuries, people based their beliefs on their interpretations of what they saw going on in the world around them without testing their ideas
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.Question 25: For about 50 years, during the golden age of microbiology, scientists were driven
by the search of the following questions:
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? Is spontaneous generation of microbial life possible? What causes fermentation?? What causes disease?? How can we prevent infection and disease?Question 26: ? In 1668, who did an experiment with flies and jars containing meat
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Francesco Redi Redi's Experiments
Question 27: ? Aristotle Idea lasted almost ---- years! -
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2000