The Science of Life -review

1. When men put the data from scientific research together to explain a phenomena, they are

• forming a hypothesis.

• dealing with a fallacy.

• practicing the technical method.

• developing a model.

2. A microscope with a single lens is called a

• primary microscope.

• compound microscope.

• simple microscope.

• basic microscope.

3. The sensitivity of living organism to conditions outside itself is

• active transport.

• biogenesis.

• plasmolysis.

• irritability.

4. Biology is the study of

• plants.

• animals.

• life.

• pure science.

5. The belief that living things come only from living things is

• biogenesis.

• spontaneous generation.

• spontaneity.

• adaptation.

6. Who demonstrated that the active principle of an infusion is not destroyed by boiling?

• Redi

• Spallanzani

• Pasteur

• van Helmont

7. Falling water can be used to make electricity. The statement is classified as

• revealed truth.

• unrevealed truth.

• fallacy.

• true by definition.

8. 25+30=55

• revealed truth

• unrevealed truth

• fallacy

• true by definition

9. True or False. Microbes are microscopic organisms found in infusions.

• True

• False

10. Who made a swan-necked flask experiment?

• Redi

• Spallanzani

• Pasteur

• van Helmont