Test Bank for ISE Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 9th Edition by Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins and Eugene W. Nester
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Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective


1) The scientist usually considered the first to see microorganisms, which he called
"animalcules," was .
A) Redi
B) van Leeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
2) The word "animalcule" was first used by .
A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) van Leeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke
3) The idea of spontaneous generation postulated that
A) organisms could evolve into the next generation of organisms.
B) organisms could spontaneously turn into other types of organisms.
C) living organisms could spontaneously arise from non-living material.
D) living organisms could spontaneously arise from other living organisms.
E) living organisms must contain at least ten cells.
4) Which of these scientists were involved in investigating the idea of spontaneous generation?
A) Redi and van Leeuwenhoek
B) Redi and Pasteur
C) van Leeuwenhoek and Pasteur
D) Pasteur and Escherich
E) Escherich and Redi
5) The work of Tyndall and Cohn
A) supported the idea of spontaneous generation rather than the idea of biogenesis.
B) explained why some spontaneous generation investigators got different results from those of
Pasteur.
C) showed that all microbes caused disease if they enter the human body.
D) allowed scientists to see microorganisms using a simple microscope.
E) showed that boiling fails to kill vegetative bacteria.