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Biology Yonathan
Question | Answer |
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Most common way of catching tapeworm | Eating raw or undercooked meat |
Methods of killing tapeworms | Using antiparasitic and anti-worm drugs |
The easiest way to avoid tapeworms | Cooking meat properly |
Knob like anterior of a tapeworm | Scolex |
Segments of a tapeworm caontaining both male and female organs | Proglottids |
TB bacterium | Mycobacterium Tuberculosis |
People with which cases are more affected by TB | People with HIV and Malnutrition |
What is an asymptomatic person | A person who shows no signs of a disease |
Organism that transmits pathogens from one host to another | Vector |
Malaria vector | Female anopheles mosquito |
Malaria causing pathogen | Plasmodium falciparum |
Constituent of mosquito saliva which prevents blood from clotting | Anticoagulant |
Plasmodium affects which organs(parts of the body) | The liver and RBCs |
What is the best way of preventing malaria | Avoiding contact with mosquitoes |
What is the cause of AWD, Cholera and Typhoid | Lack of sanitation |
How do you avoid AWD, Cholera and Typhoid | Eating clean food, drinking clean water, washing hands |
Cholera causing pathogen | Vibrio Cholera |
What is the most common cause of Gonorrhoea, Syphilis, Chancroid and HIV | Unprotected sexual intercourse (Vaginal, Anal or oral) |
Aside from sexual intercourse, what is a cause for Gonorrhoea and syphilis | From mother to child |
Gonorrhoea causing pathogen | Neisseria Gonorrhoea |
Syphilis causing pathogen | Treponema Pallidum |
Chancroid causing pathogen | Haemophilus Ducrei |
Male circumcision reduces the risk of | Chancroid |
ABC rules are | Abstaining, being faithful and using condoms |
The two functions of B-cells | Destroying the foreign antigens and making memory cells |
Group of organisms that can breed successfully to produce fertile offsprings | Species |
Organisms having five fingers or toes | Pentadactyl |
Classification of organisms based on physical appearance | Morphology |
A branch of biology that deals with the naming and classification of organisms | Taxonomy |
It goes from kingdom to Phylum then to... | Class to order to family to genus to species |
International language for scientific names | Latin |
The first word in binomial naming represents the.... And the second represents the.... | Genus... Species |
Kingdom Monera: nucleus type and reproduction method | Procaryotic, binary fission |
All bacteria are in kingdom | Monera |
Kingdom protista: nucleus type and shape | Eukaryotic, complex shapes |
Fungi difference with plants | Not being photosynthetic |
Kingdom fungi: nucleus type | Eukaryotic |
Fungi that decompose dead matter | Saprotrophs |
Fungus which produces penicillin | Penicillium |
Association of organisms where both get benefits from it | Mutualism |
Association between fungi and algae | Lichen |
Association between fungi and roots of plants | Mycorrhizae |
Simplest land plants | Bryophytes |
Rhizoids | Simple root like structures of mosses |
Fern roots which grow horizontally | Rhizomes |
Exceptional fern which grows in full sunlight | Pteridum spp |
Seed bearing plants | Spermatrophites |
Why are gymnosperms good for timber | Because they grow quickly |
a plant that stays all year without having to dry and stay dormant every Autumn is called | Evergreen |
The reproductive structure of conifers are ... While that of angiosperms are... | Cones... Flowers |