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