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Question 1

The use of antiseptics in hospitals resulted in

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a decline in the infection rate.

Question 2

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

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by improving farmers’ working conditions

Question 3

The first engine-powered flight took place in the year

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1903.

Question 4

Question 4

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[Dropdown 1] the internal combustion engine; the internal combustion engine

Question 5

Question 5

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[Dropdown 1] pasteurization; pasteurization

Question 6

What is the best definition of heredity?

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

Question 7

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

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new flu strains

Question 8

Question 8

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[Dropdown 1] sterilize; sterilize

Question 9

The most important economic effect of the internal combustion engine was

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allowing goods to be shipped farther.

Question 10

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.

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