WorksheetsMalaria: Symptoms, Causes, and Effects
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is considered the deadliest animal on the planet due to its role in disease transmission?
Lion
Shark
Mosquito
Snake
Which of the following diseases is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes?
Common cold
Malaria
Diabetes
Asthma
Approximately how many people were infected with malaria in 2015?
20 million
50 million
100 million
200 million
How many people died from malaria in 2015?
50,000
100,000
500,000
1,000,000
What new technology is mentioned as a potential tool to eradicate malaria?
Vaccination
Antibiotics
CRISPR
Chemotherapy
What type of microorganism causes malaria?
Bacteria
Virus
Fungus
Plasmodia (parasite)
Where do Plasmodia sporozoites initially travel after a mosquito bite?
Brain
Lungs
Liver
Kidneys
What do Plasmodia parasites transform into after multiplying in liver cells, before bursting out?
Gametocytes
Merozoites
Trophozoites
Hypnozoites
After leaving the liver, what type of human cells do merozoites primarily infect?
White blood cells
Nerve cells
Red blood cells
Muscle cells
What happens to red blood cells after merozoites multiply inside them?
They become stronger
They burst
They change color
They produce antibodies
Which of the following is a common symptom of malaria?
Skin rash
High fever
Joint pain
Vision loss
What severe neurological condition can occur if malaria breaches the blood-brain barrier?
Amnesia
Paralysis
Coma
Deafness
Besides malaria, which other disease mentioned in the video is transmitted by mosquitoes and caused birth defects?
Dengue fever
Yellow fever
Zika virus
Lyme disease
What genetic engineering method is used to ensure that a new gene becomes dominant in subsequent generations of mosquitoes?
Gene therapy
Gene splicing
Gene drive
Gene mapping
What is a major concern regarding the large-scale genetic modification of free-living organisms?
It might make them stronger
It could lead to unpredictable and irreversible changes
It is too expensive
It would make them less effective at carrying diseases
Which stage of the Plasmodium life cycle is taken up by mosquitoes during a blood meal?
Gametocyte
Trophozoite
Sporozoite
Merozoite
What is the primary method used to prevent mosquito bites in malaria-endemic regions?
Antibiotics
Insecticide-treated bed nets
Vaccination
Gene editing
Which organ is most affected during the blood stage of malaria infection?
Heart
Liver
Kidney
Spleen
