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Ento Test 2
Entomology Test 2 UGA
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 3
10/18/2010

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Insects in the genus Aedes are vectors of
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Yellow Fever
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2 ways that passion vines use mimicry to confuse the butterflies that want to find a place to lay eggs
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1) The leaves mimic eachother to confuse butterflies
2) They make "mimic eggs" on leaf so butterflies avoid leaves
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What is the genus name that causes malaria
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Plasmodium
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Order meaning "scale wings"
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Lepidoptera
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The disease agent that causes bubonic plague can be found in the salivary glands of ________
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fleas
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What type of mouthparts do mosquito have
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Piercing/Sucking
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Insects that produce luciferin belong to which order
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Coleoptera (fireflies)
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Stridulation is used by
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crickets
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To what order do insects that produce honeydew belong to?
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Hemiptera (aphids)
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Insects that have resilin in their string hind legs belong to which order
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Siphonaptera (fleas)
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What is the vector of African Sleeping Sickness
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tsetse fly
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Insects that feign death when threated belong to which order
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Phasmida (walking sticks)
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The disease vector that causes River Blindness is
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roundworms
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The disease agent, Yersinia ia
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a bacteria (bubonic plague)
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What is the disease agent of the bubonic plauge
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Yersinia
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Hormones that affect reproduction of the female mosquito are produced in
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The head
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Insects that have muscles attached to their wings like birds and bats belong to which order
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Odonata (dragonflies/damselflies)
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Resemblance of an edible species (mimic) to an unpalatable species (model) to deceive predators
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Batesian Mimicry
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The disease agent that causes yellow fever
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virus
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List 2 insect orders that lie eggs in an ootheca
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Blattodea Mantodea
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Miriam Rothshild studied the reproductive biology of
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fleas
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Walter Reed discovered the vector of
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Yellow Fever
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Cantharidin is produced by
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blister beetles
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Larvae of a specific type of insect have been applied to the wounds of people who have poor circulation in order to prevent amputation. Which order do they belong to?
Definition
Diptera (flies)
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Mantids have (a) complete metamorphosis (b)sponging mouthparts (c) long thorax (d) AOTA
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(C) long thorax
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3 differences of damselflies and dragonflies
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1) Damselflies are smaller than dragonflies
2) Damsel flies hold wings straight back at rest. Dragonflies hold wings out to side
3) Damselflies lay eggs in plant stems under water. Dragonflies lay eggs on water surface
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Which order does the human flea belong to?
Definition
Siphonaptera
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Resemblance of an organism to its background
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crypsis
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Another name for Black Death
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Bubonic Plague
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Scale insects belong to which order?
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Hemiptera
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Mantids lay their eggs in _____
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ootheca
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The disease agent that causes African Sleeping Sickness is
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protozoan
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T or F. Insects are affected by the wax on the surface of a plant
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T
Term
What is Luciferin?
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A chemical that when oxidizes, lights up.
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What type of metamorphosis do crickets have
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incomplete
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Order meaning "straight legs"
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Orthoptera
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Some adult insects use their shovel shaped penis to remove the sperm of rival males from a female before they mate, They do this so that they wil be more likely to pass on their genes. Which order does this insect belong to?
Definition
Odonata
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Beetles produce
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Cantharidin
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T or F. Bubonic Plague can be treated successful with antibiotics
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T
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How is natural selection involved in the prevalence today of the human disease, sickle cell anemia
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Natural Selection has changed genes in people to help them deal with malaria. 1) The genes help people to resist malaria 2) genes give the sickle cell anemia to resist malaria
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What is unusual about the eyes of the whirligig beetles?
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Their eyes are split so they can see above and below water at the same time
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Halteres are found on insects in which order
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Diptera
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Which order has the most species
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Coleoptera
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4 types of carnivorous plants
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1) Venus Fly Trap 2) Bladder Worts 3) Pitcher Plants 4) Sundew
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T or F. Most insects have complete metamorphosis
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T
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Name of the genus that causes sleeping sickness
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Typamasoma (sp?)
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Mutual resemblance of two or more unpalatable species to enhance predator avoidance
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Mullerian mimicry
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How many wings does a flea have?
Definition
Term
Ladybugs found on hop plants are probably feeding on
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aphids
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T or F. Male FLEAS suck blood from their host
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T
Term
What order do kissing bugs belong to?
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Hemiptera
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What type of metamorphosis do weevils have?
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Complete
Term
Insects that are able to "hear" the sonar of bats and then take evasive action are
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Mantids
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Hind wings of a house fly are called
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Halteres
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Order that means "straight wings"
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orthoptera
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How many eggs does an adult female tsetse flu lay in her lifetime
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0
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What is the name of the human disease that is prevalent in Africa because people who have a copy of the gene for this disease are more likely to survive malaria
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Sickle Cell Anemia
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The insect vector for River Blindness
Definition
Black Flies
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Monarch Butterfly larvae sequester
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cardenolides
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What are 2 reasons for the fact that malaria is more prevalent in the world today than it was 20 years ago?
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1) mosquitos are resistant to DD
2) Protozoan is more resistant to drugs
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What order does the praying mantis belong to?
Definition
Mantodea
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Dan Janzen works with
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Moths
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Casting off of a body part is
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Autotomy
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What order do cicades belong to
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Hemiptera
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What insects belong in the hemiptera order
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Bugs Aphids Cicades Kissing Bugs
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Ladybugs belong to the order
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Coleoptera
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Insect that is the "guardian of Africa"
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Tsetse Fly
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In 1897, mosquitos were shown to vector malaria by who?
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Ronald Ross
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What insect is the worlds larges agricultural pest?
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Locust
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Yellow Fever can be treated successfully by antibiotics T or F
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F
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WHat is that greek word for butterfly
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Psyche
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T or F. Sundews capture insects in a pool where they are digested
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F (pitcher plant)
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The ear on preying mantids that allows these insects to hear the sonar of bats is locatd on the
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abdomen
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The disease agent that causes Chagas disease is
Definition
protozoan
Term
How many wings does a flea have?
Definition
Term
What is the common name of insects that belong to the order Blattodea
Definition
Roaches
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Insects that have raptorial forelegs belong to which order
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Mantodea (mantis)
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_____ beetles were imported to Austrailia when grasslands were being lost
Definition
Dung
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The scales of the butterfly are modified _____
Definition
hairs
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There are male and gemale insects of the same species that do a mating dance; the male dusts the female with a pheromone by using his 'hair pencils" what order do these insects belong to?
Definition
Lepidoptera
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What is the insect order whose name derived from the term "apparition"
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Phasmidia
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Trichomes are found on (1) dung beetles (b) whirligig beetless (c) civet cats (d)plants
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plants (d)
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Natural Selection
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The change in the frequency of genetic traits in a population through differential surrvival of the individuals bearing those traits
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What insects produce luciferin
Definition
Fireflies and beetles
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Male mosquitoes feed on _____
Definition
flowers
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Why do some caterpillars eat leaves symmetrically
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To avoid predators
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Whitchedy grubs are tasty insects that are found in what country
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Austrailia
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What type of metamorphosis do scale insects have
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incomplete
Term
What is the name of the insect order where the translation is "sheath" "wings"
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Coleoptera
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The human disease "elephantits is vectored by
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mosquitoes
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Cockroaches are closely related to (a) aphids (b) beetles (c)termites (d) mosquitoes
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(c) termites
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Stridulation is used by insects in which order
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Orthoptera
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In which order do weevils belong to
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coleoptera
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Fireflies produce light by combining luciferin and
Definition
oxygen
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T or F. Female fireflies have a flash pattern this is different from that of male fireflies of the same species
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T
Term
In ancient Egypt, the sun god Ra was (a) a sunflower (b) an aphid (c) a beetle (d) an elephant
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(c) beetle
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Whirligig beetles (a) are scavengers (b)have divided eyes (c)swim in circles to help find food (d) AOTA
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(d) AOTA
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Preying Mantis have (a) complete meta (b)raptorial forelegs (c) short thorax (d) AOTA
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(b) Raptorial forelegs
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T or F Adult mayflies feed on plant material
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F
Term
What is the common name for insects that belong to the order Ephemeroptera
Definition
Mayflies
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T of F The disease agent that causes malaria attacks the red blood cells of the victim
Definition
T
Term
Xeriodiagnosis is used to determine if an individual has what disease?
Definition
Chagas disease
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Which carnivourous plant is aquatic?
Definition
Bladder Worts
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What is resilin?
Definition
Resilin is a protein produced in the legs of fleas that enable them to jump
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