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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch scientist known as the father of______________?

microbiology

100

What paved the way for Antonie to build compound microscopes?

His skills at griding lenses

100

What did Antonie van Leeuwenhoek used to make the first observations of bacteria and protozoa?

SINGLE-LENS MISCROSCOPES

100

What important branch of science today wouldn’t be possible without the contributions of Anton van Leeuwenhoek?

Study of genetics

100

What kind of formal education did Antonie have?

He had no formal education, only curiosity and skill with lenses.

200

What did the development of microbiology lead to in modern medicine?  

The study of infections and the development of antibiotic

200

Antonie’s research was written in Dutch, NOT English and Latin. Who learned the Dutch Language for his research?

HENRY OLDENBERG

200

Microbiology allows us to control food spoilage through what?

Understanding the mechanisms of  microbial growth and activity

200

In 1676, he used a self-made microscope to observe microorganisms called "________”.

animalcules

200

Antonie was born on October 24, 1632, in?

Delft, Netherlands.

300

Antonie's discovery laid the groundwork for later scientists to develop the ____  theory and opened up a new realm of biological research such as the ____ theory.

Germ theory and Cell theory

300

What scientific revolution brought out the inaccuracy of spontaneous generation?

Microscopy

300

In his creation, which people had extensive use of his microscope?

His microscopes were made extensively for his use, which was seen as primitive and crude

300

His research on lower animals refuted the doctrine of spontaneous generation, and his observations helped lay the foundations for the sciences of —- and —-.

bacteriology and protozoology

300

Aside from living things, Antonie also studied minerals and fossils and discovered what? 

Foraminifera