Marshall & Warren (Peptic Ulcers)
Percy Spencer & Microwaves
Enter Van Helmont & Plant GrowthCategory Name
Eratosthenes & Earth’s Circumference
Scientific Methodology
100

This bacterium was repeatedly observed in biopsies and endoscope images of ulcer patients.

H pylori

100

This device, originally developed for radar, produces microwaves.

Magnetron

100

Van Helmont planted this species of tree for his long‑term experiment. (Starts with a W)

Willow tree

100

What observation did Eratosthenes base his experiment on? 

On one day, light from the midday Sun would go down a well at a particular place. 

100

Priestley originally called oxygen by this name.

Dephlogisticated air

200

Marshall used this instrument to look inside his own stomach and confirm he had no ulcers before self‑experimenting.

Endoscope

200

Spencer noticed this everyday object unexpectedly melted during magnetron testing.

Chocolate bar

200

His experiment challenged the old belief that plants gained mass from this source.

Soil

200

When the Sun went down the well at Syrene, was the Sun vertical back where Eratosthenes lived? 

No

200

Doppler tested his hypothesis using musicians playing this instrument on a moving train.

Trumpets

300

Why did scientists think no microbes could live in the stomach? 

It was too acidic

300

Microwaves heat food because they cause these molecules to vibrate.

Water and fat

300

After five years, the soil mass decreased by only this amount.

a) 0.001g
b) 0.1g
c) 6g
d) 6kg

C - 6g

300

How did Eratosthenes measure the distance from Syrene to Alexandria? 

He made his servant walk it and measure it. 

300

The Doppler Effect explains why light from receding stars shifts toward this colour.

Red

400

Warren and Marshall eventually were able to satisfy Koch's 2nd principle by growing H pylori in the .......

lab on petri dishes

400

In the butter‑and‑bread experiment, melted spots form at these points along the wave.

Nodes related to the wavelength of the microwave

400

Van Helmont’s reliability was low because he used this sample size.

One

400

His method relied on the assumption that these things arrive parallel to Earth.

Sun's rays

400

Priestley’s mint‑plant experiment demonstrated the role of plants in producing.......

Oxygen

500

How did Marshall satisfy Koch's 3rd principle - The pathogen must cause the same symptoms in a healthy host ? 

He ingested H pylori and started getting pre ulcer inflammation

500

The true wavelength of a microwave oven is approximatelywhat value? 

a) 1mm
b) 1cm
c) 10cm
d)1m

C - about 10 cm - actually closer to 12cm

500

After his experiment, Von Helmont came up with a new hypothesis. He said that the mass of trees came from ........

Water

500

Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth (which we know to be 40 008km) to be

a) 10 000km
b) 20 000km
c) 30 000km
d) 40 000km

d - 40 000km

500

Marshall, Spencer and Van Helmont all deviated from this traditional model of investigation.

 

linear scientific method