Water quiz for KS3: John Snow and water contamination #1
 
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What was John Snow’s dad’s occupation?
Coal yard worker
Wood yard worker
Metal yard worker
Where, and in what year, was John Snow born?
London, 1813
York, 1813
Manchester, 1813
As a youth, John Snow’s mind is described as ‘…inquisitive’. What does inquisitive mean?
Someone who likes quizzes
Someone who likes to build things
Someone who likes finding out about things
How was John Snow able to go to school?
A new school opened near to where he lived
He was given an apprenticeship
His mother paid
How old was John Snow when he was apprenticed to a doctor in Newcastle?
13
14
15
What disease did John Snow first come across in Newcastle?
Influenza (flu)
Tuberculosis
Cholera
Where did cholera originate?
Europe
Africa
Russia
What are the symptoms of cholera?
Runny nose, sneezing and stomach ache
Sore throat, vomiting and diarrhoea
Stomach pain, vomiting and diarrhoea
If you have cholera, what can the body eventually no longer form to keep itself alive?
Plasma
Blood
Fluid
What two things does excessive diarrhoea cause your body to lose?
Water and poo
Water and sodium
Water and glucose
What did John Snow do in 1836?
Moved to London to begin his formal medical training
Moved to London to continue his cholera research
Moved to London to apprentice with other doctors
What did John Snow begin to study in London?
Analgesics
Anaesthetic
Analytics
After cholera returned to London in 1848, what did John Snow do to get proof for his hypothesis (theory)?
Interviewed patients and physicians (doctors)
Interviewed patients and their families
Interviewed patients and their friends
Why did John Snow think that the cholera disease was ingested (swallowed)?
Pain started in the intestines
Pain started in the throat
Pain started in the lungs
John proved his hypothesis, published his findings and shared them. Was he believed?
Yes
No
Some people believed him
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