BIOLOGY PIONEERS Flashcards
1
Q
Greek (1st bio teacher)
A
Aristotle
2
Q
Dutch
A
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
3
Q
Scottish physician and microbiologist
A
Alexander Fleming
4
Q
father of biology and zoology
A
Aristotle
5
Q
his hobby was lens grinding
made over 250
different kinds of simple microscopes to look at different things.
A
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
6
Q
first person to start classifying organisms
A
Aristotle
7
Q
he was the first person to see:
◦ Bacteria
◦ Protozoans
◦ Red blood cells
◦ Sperms cells
A
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
8
Q
Accidentally discovered first antibiotic (penicillin - a medication used to manage and treat a wide range of infections)
A
Alexander Fleming
