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Micro-Organisms : Friends And Foe

Question
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The mosquito P is a carrier of virus and spreads a disease Q. Another mosquito R is the carrier of protozoan S and spreads a disease called T.

(a) Name (i) mosquito P and (ii) disease Q

(b) Name (i) Mosquito R, (ii) Protozoan (S) and (iii) disease T.

(c) What is the sex of mosquito P ?

(d) What is the sex of mosquito R ?

Solution

(a) (i) Aedes mosquito, (ii) Dengue.

(b) (i) Anopheles mosquito, (ii) Plasmodium, (iii) Malaria.

(c) Female.

(d) Female.