Question 1

Endoparasitic roundworms and flatworms that live in the tissues of plants and animals are called

Accepted Answer

A)  protozoans. 
B)  prions. 
C)  helminths. 
D)  hemiparasites. 
A)  protozoans. 
B)  prions. 
C)  helminths. 
D)  hemiparasites.

Question 2

Chestnut blight that devastated the American Chestnut tree in the eastern United States was caused by

Accepted Answer

A)  a bacteria. 
B)  a fungus. 
C)  a purported prion, though research continues. 
D)  a virus. 
A)  a bacteria. 
B)  a fungus. 
C)  a purported prion, though research continues. 
D)  a virus.

Question 3

Reduction in virulence of myxomatosis in rabbits in Australia in the second outbreak was a result of

Accepted Answer

A)  a parasite adaptation. 
B)  coevolution. 
C)  horizontal transmission. 
D)  a host adaptation. 
A)  a parasite adaptation. 
B)  coevolution. 
C)  horizontal transmission. 
D)  a host adaptation.

Question 4

Viruses and prions are both intracellular endoparasites. How are they different?

Accepted Answer

Viruses and prions are indeed both intra

Question 5

Diseases such as HIV and African sleeping sickness can avoid the host's immune system by

Accepted Answer

A)  having little negative effect on the host. 
B)  making themselves undetectable. 
C)  living in a reservoir species. 
D)  resembling red blood cells. 
A)  having little negative effect on the host. 
B)  making themselves undetectable. 
C)  living in a reservoir species. 
D)  resembling red blood cells.

Question 6

What types of endoparasites replicate by altering their host's proteins and do not contain any nucleic acids?

Accepted Answer

A)  viruses 
B)  hemiparasites 
C)  helminths 
D)  prions 
A)  viruses 
B)  hemiparasites 
C)  helminths 
D)  prions

Question 7

Hemiparasites are

Accepted Answer

A)  organisms that live part of their lives as hosts and part of their lives as parasites. 
B)  organisms that live part of their lives as endoparasites and part as ectoparasites. 
C)  organisms that live part of their lives as hosts and part as vectors. 
D)  organisms that obtain some materials by parasitic means and some by nonparasitic means (i.e., photosynthesis). 
A)  organisms that live part of their lives as hosts and part of their lives as parasites. 
B)  organisms that live part of their lives as endoparasites and part as ectoparasites. 
C)  organisms that live part of their lives as hosts and part as vectors. 
D)  organisms that obtain some materials by parasitic means and some by nonparasitic means (i.e., photosynthesis).

Question 8

Which of the following in NOT an example of an ectoparasite?

Accepted Answer

A)  a tick 
B)  a tapeworm 
C)  a flea 
D)  a mite 
A)  a tick 
B)  a tapeworm 
C)  a flea 
D)  a mite

Endoparasitic roundworms and flatworms that live in the tissues of plants and animals are called

Chestnut blight that devastated the American Chestnut tree in the eastern United States was caused by

Reduction in virulence of myxomatosis in rabbits in Australia in the second outbreak was a result of

Viruses and prions are both intracellular endoparasites. How are they different?

Diseases such as HIV and African sleeping sickness can avoid the host's immune system by

What types of endoparasites replicate by altering their host's proteins and do not contain any nucleic acids?

Hemiparasites are

Which of the following in NOT an example of an ectoparasite?

Introduction: Ecology, Evolution, and the Scientific Method

Adaptations to Aquatic Environments

Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments

Adaptations to Variable Environments

Climates and Soils

Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes

Evolution and Adaptation

Life Histories

Reproductive Strategies

Social Behaviors

Population Distributions

Population Growth and Regulation

Population Dynamics Over Space and Time

Predation and Herbivory

Competition

Mutualism

Community Structure

Community Succession

Movement of Energy in Ecosystems

Movement of Elements in Ecosystems

Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity

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Exam 15: Parasitism and Infectious Diseases

Endoparasitic roundworms and flatworms that live in the tissues of plants and animals are called

Chestnut blight that devastated the American Chestnut tree in the eastern United States was caused by

Reduction in virulence of myxomatosis in rabbits in Australia in the second outbreak was a result of

Viruses and prions are both intracellular endoparasites. How are they different?

Diseases such as HIV and African sleeping sickness can avoid the host's immune system by

What types of endoparasites replicate by altering their host's proteins and do not contain any nucleic acids?

Hemiparasites are

Which of the following in NOT an example of an ectoparasite?

Introduction: Ecology, Evolution, and the Scientific Method

Adaptations to Aquatic Environments

Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments

Adaptations to Variable Environments

Climates and Soils

Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes

Evolution and Adaptation

Life Histories

Reproductive Strategies

Social Behaviors

Population Distributions

Population Growth and Regulation

Population Dynamics Over Space and Time

Predation and Herbivory

Competition

Mutualism

Community Structure

Community Succession

Movement of Energy in Ecosystems

Movement of Elements in Ecosystems

Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity

Global Conservation of Biodiversity

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