Pests Parasites And Sanitation

Question 1

What is a virus

Answer 1

A virus is a microorganisms that is smaller than bacteria and reproduces inside the cells of living things

Question 2

What are fungi?

Answer 2

Moulds mushrooms and toadstools that lives on dead or decaying remains

Question 3

What is protozoa

Answer 3

A single cell microorganisms, such as plasmodium that causes malaria

Question 4

Bacteria

Answer 4

A single celled microorganism that does not have a nucleus

Question 5

Mucor

Answer 5

The biological name for a mould that can grow on foods such as bread

Question 6

Pest

Answer 6

An animal that is a nuisance to to humans

Question 7

Vector

Answer 7

An animal that can carry disease-causing microorganisms

Question 8

Parasite

Answer 8

An organism that lives on or in another organism at the expense of that organism

Question 9

Host

Answer 9

An organism on which a parasite lives

Question 10

Types is pest

Answer 10

Rats,mosquitoes, cockroaches & flies

Question 11

Biological Control

Answer 11

Using another organism to control a pest

Question 12

Mechanical control

Answer 12

Using a physical structure to control a pest such as a mosquito net

Question 13

Chemical control

Answer 13

Using insecticide to control a pest

Question 14

Sanitary control

Answer 14

Keeping the environment clean to prevent the spread of pests