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Flashcards on History of Biology
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Who is considered the father of modern biology?
Charles Darwin
Which scientific revolution led to the development of modern biology?
The Renaissance
What is the belief that all living things are made up of cells?
Cell Theory
Who discovered the structure of DNA?
James Watson and Francis Crick
Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin
What is the study of fossils called?
Paleontology
Who is known as the father of modern genetics?
Gregor Mendel
What event triggered the development of microbiology?
Discovery of microorganisms
Who proposed the theory of spontaneous generation?
Aristotle
Which scientist discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic?
Alexander Fleming
What is the study of the classification of organisms called?
Taxonomy
Who proposed the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics?
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
What is the study of the development of organisms called?
Embryology
Who proposed the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
What is the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment called?
Ecology
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Who is known as the father of modern genetics?
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
James Watson
Louis Pasteur
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Which scientist discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic?
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Fleming
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
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What is the belief that all living things are made up of cells?
Cell Theory
Atomic Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Gravity Theory
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Who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Marie Curie
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What is the study of fossils called?
Astrology
Zoology
Botany
Paleontology
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What event triggered the development of microbiology?
Discovery of gravity
Discovery of microorganisms
Invention of electricity
Invention of the steam engine
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Who proposed the idea of inheritance of acquired characteristics?
Charles Darwin
Gregor Mendel
James Watson
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Who discovered the structure of DNA?
Alexander Fleming
Alfred Wegener
James Watson and Francis Crick
Louis Pasteur
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What is the study of the classification of organisms called?
Taxonomy
Anatomy
Physiology
Embryology
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What is the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment called?
Genetics
Evolution
Ecology
Biotechnology
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