Streamliner Microbiology: Exam One
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What is the second step in the "scientific method"? - ANSWER✔✔ Hypothesis
Scientific method:
1. Make an observation that will lead to a question
2. use question to generate hypothesis
3. Test hypothesis through experiments
4. If hypothesis is true, find more evidence or find counter evidence
5. If hypothesis is false, create a new hypothesis or try again.
6. Draw conclusions and repeat the scientific method is never-ending, and no
result is ever considered perfect.
Which man developed the process of vaccination to safely protect people from
getting smallpox - ANSWER✔✔ Edward Jenner
He also:
-->Demonstrated the validity of the vaccine
--> Began the field of immunology
Which structure may be present in eukaryotes, but is never found in prokaryotic
cells? - ANSWER✔✔ Nucleus
, What was not discovered during the golden age of microscopy? - ANSWER✔✔
DNA sequencing
This concept allowed scientists to determine that infections were caused by
microbes - ANSWER✔✔ Germ theory of disease
Which man was one of the earliest advocates for aseptic technique in childbirth? -
ANSWER✔✔ Ignaz Semmelweis
Semmelweis also:
->required medical students to wash their hands in chlorinated lime water.
->Resulted in higher patient survival rates
The theory of spontaneous generation may be described as the idea that -
ANSWER✔✔ Living organisms could occur from non-living matter.
Which man was one of the earliest champions of aseptic technique in health
care? - ANSWER✔✔ Joseph Lister
He also:
-Sprayed wounds, surgical incisions, and dressings with carbolic acid (phenol).
Koch's postulates are criteria used to establish that... - ANSWER✔✔ A specific
microbe is the cause of a specific disease
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