Inventions and Inventors — Quiz

Question 1

What conclusion can be drawn about the relationship of Joseph Lister’s and Louis Pasteur’s work?

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Lister’s work was only made possible by Pasteur’s discoveries.

Question 2

The most important economic effect of the internal combustion engine was

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allowing goods to be shipped farther.

Question 3

The first engine-powered flight took place in the year

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1903.

Question 4

What is the best definition of heredity?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Heredity is the process by which characteristics are passed to offspring.

Question 5

What was the main way in which industrial age inventors helped farmers?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by developing new techniques for growing crops

Question 6

Which of these subjects would most likely be studied at the Pasteur Institute?

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new flu strains

Question 7

The use of antiseptics in hospitals resulted in

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a decline in the infection rate.

Inventions and Inventors — Quiz Answers