Louis Pasteur
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Louis Pasteur.
1. Where was Louis Pasteur born?
a. United States
b. England
c. France
d. Germany
e. Italy
2. Which of the following best describes Louis Pasteur's youth?
a. He came from a wealthy family and was a math prodigy
b. He was an orphan who lived on the streets of London
c. He worked on a farm where he spent a lot of time with cows
d. He grew up in the courts of the German king
e. He came from a poor family and enjoyed art and singing
3. What subject did Louis Pasteur teach as a professor?
a. Latin
b. Chemistry
c. Biology
d. Geology
e. Mathematics
4. What caused Louis Pasteur to begin to investigate the cause of infectious disease?
a. He thought he could make a lot of money if he found cures
b. The spread of the Bubonic Plague throughout Europe
c. He wanted to become a famous scientist
d. He wanted to win a Nobel Prize
e. The deaths of three of his children to typhoid fever
5. Where did scientists think bacteria came from prior to Louis Pasteur?
a. They thought it spontaneously generated out of nowhere
b. They thought it came from space aliens
c. They thought it formed high in the atmosphere
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
6. What nickname did Louis Pasteur earn when he proved that bacteria were living things that came from other living things?
a. King of the Bugs
b. Doctor Germs
c. Mister Bacteria
d. Father of Germ Theory
e. The Bug Master
7. What is the name of the process Louis Pasteur invented that allowed for foods such as milk, cheese, and wine to last longer and be safer to eat?
a. The Louis Process
b. Refrigeration
c. Pasteurization
d. The Pasture Process
e. Fermentation
8. What is the weak form of a disease called that can help a person to become immune to the disease?
a. Influenza
b. Sub dose
c. Blank disease
d. Vaccine
e. Disease Lite
9. True or False: Pasteur's discoveries stopped surgeons from boiling their instruments as the hot instruments were dangerous to humans.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
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10. The first vaccine that Louis Pasteur administered to a human was for what disease?
a. Polio
b. Influenza
c. Yellow Fever
d. Smallpox
e. Rabies
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