Learning Objectives Cholera

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CLASS PERIOD: Instructions: Circle your answer on each question. Please answer every question.

MedMyst Mission 4 Quiz

1. A vector is: a. organism that transmits a disease b. a type of germ c. a type of white blood cell d. an immune system organ

2. Which of the following are examples of vectors? a. Insects and rodents b. B-cells and phagocytes c. Lymph nodes and Peyer’s patches d. Bacteria and viruses

3. Malaria is common in areas of the world with the following type of climate: a. Hot and tropical b. Hot and arid c. Cold and icy d. Cold and arid

4. Which mosquito species transmits malaria? a. Anopheles b. Aedes c. Toxorhynchites d. Culex

5. Which two symptoms are associated with malaria? a. Constipation and recurring fever b. Recurring fever and anemia c. Anemia and rash d. Constipation and rash

6. In how many countries is malaria endemic? a. 15 b. 75 c. 100 d. 145

7. Approximately how many people die each year from malaria? a. 10,000 b. 100,000 c. Over a million d. Over a billion

Pre-Test Page 1 of 4 8. Which age group is most likely to die from malaria? a. Children under age 5 b. Teens between 13 and 17 c. Adults between 20 and 64 d. Seniors over age 65

9. The first scientist to discover the organism that causes malaria was: a. Alphonse Laveran b. Patrick Manson c. Ronald Ross d. Alfred Nobel

10. Who was the first to discover that an insect, the mosquito, can carry a parasite that causes a human disease? a. Alphonse Laveran b. Patrick Manson c. Ronald Ross d. Alfred Nobel

11. Laveran’s bodies are: a. malaria parasites b. mosquitoes c. antibodies d. phagocytes

12. Ronald Ross is important in malaria research because he: a. discovered the malaria parasite b. developed an anti-malarial drug c. developed a larvacide d. demonstrated that mosquitoes can carry malaria

13. The parasites that cause malaria are called: a. plasmodia b. Peyer’s Patches c. phagocytes d. Anopheles mosquitoes

Pre-test 2 of 4 14. The first organ that malaria parasites multiply in is the: a. liver b. stomach c. blood d. lung

15. What is anemia? a. Low red blood cell count b. Low white blood cell count c. High body temperature d. High antibody count

16. Which of the following are parts of the immune system? a. Plasmodia and antibodies b. B-cells and red blood cells c. Red blood cells and plasmodia d. B-cells and antibodies

17. Which body system defends against invaders? a. Immune b. Respiratory c. Nervous d. Muscular

18. When malaria infected red blood cells explode, they flood the bloodstream with plasmodia and ______? a. toxins b. antibodies c. immunoglobulins d. b-cells

19. What are the stages in the mosquito life cycle from youngest to oldest? a. Egg-larva-pupa-adult b. Egg- pupa-larva-adult c. Egg-adult-pupa-larva d. Egg-adult-larva-pupa

20. The fever experienced with malaria is the body’s response to the release of ______. a. viruses b. toxins c. anti-malarial drugs d. larvacide

Pre-test 3 of 4 21. What are two effective ways to eliminate mosquitoes? a. Drain the breeding habitat and kill adult mosquitoes with insecticide b. Drain the breeding habitat and kill adult mosquitoes with anti-malarial drugs c. Kill larvae with larvacide and kill adult mosquitoes with anti-malarial drugs d. Kill larvae with anti-malarial drugs and kill adult mosquitoes with insecticide

22. An effective way to eliminate plasmodia is to use: a. Laveran’s bodies b. larvacide c. anti-malarial drugs d. insecticide

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