A) A close relationship where the parasite lives on or inside the host, causing it harm. B) A commensal relationship where one organism benefits without affecting the other. C) An independent relationship with no interaction between the two species. D) A mutualistic relationship where both organisms benefit equally.
A) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek B) Ridley Scott C) Entomologist E. O. Wilson D) Francesco Redi
A) Vampire bats B) Hookworms C) Mistletoe D) The agent of malaria
A) Parasites are larger than their hosts and typically kill them quickly. B) Parasites and predators both always kill their hosts. C) Parasites are much smaller than their hosts, do not kill them, and often live on or in them for an extended period. D) Parasites only interact with their hosts briefly.
A) Vector-transmitted parasitism B) Parasitic castration C) Directly transmitted parasitism D) Trophically-transmitted parasitism
A) Invasiveness, distinguishing between endoparasites and ectoparasites. B) The type of food the parasite consumes C) Size difference between parasite and host D) The speed at which parasites reproduce
A) By providing benefits to their hosts B) By living independently of any host C) By exploiting hosts for resources necessary for survival, such as feeding on them. D) By avoiding interaction with other species
A) Medieval Europe B) The Inca Civilization C) The Aztec Empire D) Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome
A) E. O. Wilson B) Jonathan Swift C) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1681 D) Francesco Redi
A) Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula B) Ridley Scott's film Alien C) Leeuwenhoek's scientific observations D) Jonathan Swift's 'On Poetry: A Rhapsody'
A) From English Middle Ages terminology. B) From Latin parasitus directly. C) From Medieval French parasite, from Latinised form parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parasitos). D) From a 19th-century scientific term.
A) 1733 B) 1681 C) 1611 D) 1539
A) Facultative B) Indirect C) Obligate D) Direct
A) Bacteria B) Protozoans C) Viruses D) Helminths
A) Skin odours B) Exhaled carbon dioxide C) Vibration D) Light
A) Obligate ectoparasite B) Macroparasite C) Facultative endoparasite D) Microparasite
A) Butterfly B) Scale insect C) Caterpillar D) Aphid
A) Trophically-transmitted parasitism B) Directly transmitted parasitism C) Vector-transmitted parasitism D) Parasitic castrators
A) Ancylostoma B) Toxoplasma C) Sacculina D) Schistosoma
A) They lose their ability to swim. B) Their claws grow larger. C) They become immune to other parasites. D) They develop female secondary sex characteristics.
A) Continuous distribution B) Uniform distribution C) Random distribution D) Aggregated distribution
A) Ascaris lumbricoides B) Zoogonus lasius C) Schistosoma mansoni D) Toxoplasma gondii
A) Vector-borne infection B) Serial transmission C) Cross-infection D) Autoinfection
A) Parasitic castration B) Parasitoidism C) Directly transmitted parasitism D) Trophically-transmitted parasitism
A) Lice B) Copepods C) Acanthocephalans D) Trematodes
A) Trophically-transmitted parasitism B) Parasitic castration C) Directly transmitted parasitism D) Vector-transmitted parasitism
A) Cestodes B) Lice C) Bacteria D) Mites
A) Toxoplasmosis B) Malaria C) Lyme disease D) Chagas disease
A) Leishmania B) Giardia C) Trypanosoma D) Plasmodium
A) Endoparasites B) Koinobionts C) Ectoparasites D) Idiobionts
A) Endoparasites B) Koinobiont parasitoids C) Ectoparasites D) Idiobiont parasitoids
A) Vampire bats B) Lampreys C) Leeches D) Mosquitoes
A) Herbivorous B) Hematophagic C) Omnivorous D) Carnivorous
A) Hyperparasitism B) Brood parasitism C) Kleptoparasitism D) Social parasitism
A) Bombus bohemicus taking over bee hives B) Ant mimicry by Phengaris arion larvae C) Bacteriophages limiting bacterial infections D) CHV1 virus controlling chestnut blight
A) Mosquitoes B) Large blue butterfly, Phengaris arion C) Vampire bats D) Leeches
A) Vectors B) Photosynthesis C) Physical contact D) Fecal–oral route
A) Mosquitoes B) Leeches C) Lampreys D) Fleas
A) Over 40% B) Less than 20% C) About 30% D) Exactly 50%
A) Laying more eggs B) Building stronger nests C) Egg polymorphism D) Hiding in dense foliage
A) Thief B) Brother C) Sibling D) Predator
A) Cuckoos B) Cowbirds C) Whydahs D) Skuas
A) Sibling-parasitism B) Sexual parasitism C) Brood parasitism D) Kleptoparasitism
A) Kleptoparasitism B) Sexual parasitism C) Brood parasitism D) Adelphoparasitism
A) Skuas B) Cuculidae C) Whydahs D) Cowbirds
A) Modified roots called haustoria B) Leaves C) Flowers D) Stems
A) Mistletoe B) Cuscuta C) Species within the Orobanchaceae (broomrapes) D) Striga
A) About 50 species B) About 100 species C) About 10,000 species D) About 4,500 species
A) Biotrophs B) Necrotrophs C) Hemibiotrophs D) Saprophytes
A) Plasmodium B) Armillaria C) Ustilago maydis D) Microsporidia
A) Hemibiotrophs B) Biotrophs C) Symbionts D) Necrotrophic pathogens
A) Host adaptation B) Pathogenic shift C) Symbiotic transition D) Biotrophy-necrotrophy switch
A) Ustilago B) Armillaria C) Microsporidia D) Plasmodium
A) Sleeping sickness B) Amoebic dysentery C) Corn smut D) Malaria
A) Necrotrophs B) Biotrophs C) Microsporidia D) Hemibiotrophs
A) Amoebic dysentery B) Malaria C) Corn smut D) Sleeping sickness
A) Trypanosoma B) Plasmodium C) Entamoeba D) Borrelia
A) Bacillus anthracis B) Campylobacter jejuni C) Haemophilus influenzae D) Borrelia
A) Campylobacter jejuni B) Borrelia C) Treponema pallidum D) Haemophilus influenzae
A) Campylobacter jejuni B) Treponema pallidum C) Haemophilus influenzae D) Bacillus anthracis
A) Plants B) Animals C) Bacteria D) Fungi
A) 70 B) 342 C) 300,000 D) 75,000
A) Tyrannosaurus B) Velociraptor C) Triceratops D) Stegosaurus
A) Flea B) Worm C) Bacterium D) Protozoan
A) Jurassic B) Early Cretaceous C) Permian D) Late Triassic
A) Wolbachia B) Escherichia coli C) Staphylococcus aureus D) Bacillus subtilis
A) Gregor Mendel B) Peter Kropotkin C) Charles Darwin D) Lynn Margulis
A) Respiration B) Fermentation C) Photosynthesis D) Symbiogenesis
A) 100 million years B) 50,000 years C) At least 30 million years D) 5 million years
A) The Red Queen hypothesis B) The Mendelian genetics hypothesis C) The Lamarckian inheritance hypothesis D) The Darwinian evolution hypothesis
A) Cyclosa argenteoalba B) Toxoplasma gondii C) Henneguya zschokkei D) Euhaplorchis californiensis
A) Egrets B) Cats C) Mice D) Killifish
A) Cyclosa argenteoalba B) Euhaplorchis californiensis C) Henneguya zschokkei D) Toxoplasma gondii
A) Ability to see B) The ability to fly C) Ability to hear D) Ability to reproduce
A) Cyclosa argenteoalba B) Toxoplasma gondii C) Euhaplorchis californiensis D) Henneguya zschokkei
A) Skin B) Tears C) Lysozyme D) Antibodies
A) Sebum B) Testosterone C) Lysozyme D) Hydrochloric acid
A) Robert Poulin B) E.O. Wilson C) Charles Darwin D) Rachel Carson
A) The top position. B) A middle position. C) The bottom position. D) They are not depicted in food webs.
A) Hippocrates B) Jehan de Brie C) Avicenna D) Galen
A) De Motu Cordis B) Esperienze Intorno alla Generazione degl'Insetti C) Micrographia D) Osservazioni intorno agli animali viventi che si trovano negli animali viventi
A) Fasciola hepatica B) Sarcoptes scabiei C) Giardia lamblia D) Echinococcus granulosus |