Louis Pasteur Quiz

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  • 1. 

    In addition to milk, what liquids were saved for a longer time due to pasteurization?

    • A.

      Wine

    • B.

      Water

    • C.

      Vinegar

    • D.

      Oil

    Correct Answer
    A. Wine
  • 2. 

    To what disease did he find the vaccine besides rabies, chicken cholera, silkworm diseases or plebiscite?

    Correct Answer
    anthrax
  • 3. 

    Which one of these diseases were not killing silkworms at the time of Pasteur's experimentation?

    • A.

      Pebrine

    • B.

      Melinite

    • C.

      Flacherie

    Correct Answer
    B. Melinite
  • 4. 

    According to Pasteur's experiments, what element did he expose bacteria to to find the vaccine to anthrax?

    • A.

      Hydrogen

    • B.

      Nitrogen

    • C.

      Oxygen

    • D.

      Sodium

    Correct Answer
    C. Oxygen
  • 5. 

    Who is the leader of France who got interested in Pasteur's work?

    Correct Answer
    Napoleon III
  • 6. 

    What does is his institute the research center of?

    • A.

      Contagious and infectious diseases

    • B.

      Pasteurization

    • C.

      Vaccine researching

    • D.

      Microbiology

    Correct Answer
    A. Contagious and infectious diseases
  • 7. 

    What was Pasteur's first research object of work?

    • A.

      Microbes

    • B.

      Bacteria

    • C.

      Crystals

    • D.

      Milk

    Correct Answer
    C. Crystals
  • 8. 

    What did he work on that led to his battle with spontaneous generation?

    • A.

      Pasteurization

    • B.

      Fermentation

    • C.

      Microbes

    • D.

      Silkworm diseases

    Correct Answer
    B. Fermentation
  • 9. 

    What was not part  of Pasteur's germ theory?

    • A.

      Specific types of organisms causes specific diseases

    • B.

      Those organisms can be controlled in people

    • C.

      Those organisms can be controlled in wine, beer and milk

    • D.

      One type of organism, bacteria, causes all diseases

    Correct Answer
    D. One type of organism, bacteria, causes all diseases
  • 10. 

    What bacteria did he not discover?

    • A.

      Staphylococcus

    • B.

      Micrococcus

    • C.

      Streptococcus

    • D.

      Pneumococcus

    Correct Answer
    B. Micrococcus

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  • Dec 26, 2012
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