WorksheetsMP group 5 quizizz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Ectoparasites can be found...
In the gastrointestinal tract
On the epidermis
In the circulatory system
In the muscles
These parasites can lay up to 2,000 eggs in the lifetime.
Hookworms
Fleas
Ticks
Lice
Helminths cannot produce large numbers of eggs from a suitable host.
False
True
Pediculus humanus capitis lives on the _____ of a person.
Head
Eyebrows
Beard
Clothes
Which organism can be parasitic but does not have to live as parasite? (Ex: roundworms)
Obligate parasite
Facultative parasite
Spurious parasite
Facultative parasites are entirely dependent on the host for a specific stage or entire length of their life cycle.
False
True
Which of the following are examples of an obligate parasite?
Rat tapeworm
Tick
Head Lice
Toxoplasma gondii
Which protozoa of human is dangerous to pregnant women because it can cause congenital infections in utero?
Ciliates
Plasmodium species
Toxoplasma gondii
A pathogenic amoeba which causes amoebic dyssentery.
Enterobius vermicularis
Entamoeba histolytica
Balantidium coli
Fleas can survive for 100 days without a host.
False
True
