Chapter 28 Flashcards
1
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What are protezoans?
A
they are single cell Eukaryotes, because it has nuclei.
2
Q
What are the 6 types of kingdoms?
A
Archaea, Bacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
3
Q
What is the Trypanosoma protista?
A
Causes Chagaus disease and is an animal like protista.
4
Q
What bugs are carriers of the trypanosome protist?
A
The Kissing or Assassin bug and the Tsetse fly.
5
Q
How big are protists?
A
They are pretty small. They are bigger than bacteria but smaller than animals.
6
Q
What is plasmodium?
A
Is an animal like protista that is transmitted through mosquitoes.
7
Q
What is the role of the mosquito in the transmission of plasmodium in the body?
A
The mosquito needs to bite you twice to get it into your system.
- It will bite you once where the sporozoites of the plasmodium is created.
- once bitten again the plasmodium is transferred into the humans body and will goes to the liver
- becomes a different form of plasmodium and then attack the red blood cells.
