<p> NAME: DATE:</p><p>CLASS PERIOD: Instructions: Circle your answer on each question. Please answer every question. </p><p>MedMyst Mission 4 Quiz</p><p>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 </p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>4. Which mosquito species transmits malaria? a. Anopheles b. Aedes c. Toxorhynchites d. Culex</p><p>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</p><p>6. In how many countries is malaria endemic? a. 15 b. 75 c. 100 d. 145</p><p>7. Approximately how many people die each year from malaria? a. 10,000 b. 100,000 c. Over a million d. Over a billion</p><p>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</p><p>9. The first scientist to discover the organism that causes malaria was: a. Alphonse Laveran b. Patrick Manson c. Ronald Ross d. Alfred Nobel</p><p>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</p><p>11. Laveran’s bodies are: a. malaria parasites b. mosquitoes c. antibodies d. phagocytes</p><p>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</p><p>13. The parasites that cause malaria are called: a. plasmodia b. Peyer’s Patches c. phagocytes d. Anopheles mosquitoes</p><p>Pre-test 2 of 4 14. The first organ that malaria parasites multiply in is the: a. liver b. stomach c. blood d. lung </p><p>15. What is anemia? a. Low red blood cell count b. Low white blood cell count c. High body temperature d. High antibody count </p><p>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 </p><p>17. Which body system defends against invaders? a. Immune b. Respiratory c. Nervous d. Muscular</p><p>18. When malaria infected red blood cells explode, they flood the bloodstream with plasmodia and ______? a. toxins b. antibodies c. immunoglobulins d. b-cells</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>22. An effective way to eliminate plasmodia is to use: a. Laveran’s bodies b. larvacide c. anti-malarial drugs d. insecticide</p><p>Pre-test 4 of 4</p>