Question 1 (1 point) In PARASITE REX, Prologue, Zimmer argues that the definitio
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Question 1 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Prologue, Zimmer argues that the definition of PARASITE could be
Question 1 options:
Anything that lives on or in another organism at the expense of that organism
A creature that lives off another organism is a parasite. The parasite might not hurt the host, but it doesn't do anything to help it, either
An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host
Same as [A] above, but except bacteria and viruses
Basically, Zimmer approves [A] and [D] above as a definition
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Question 2 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 1, Kuechenmeister declared, "Such a theory of errors contradicts the wisdom of the Creator and the laws of harmony and simplicity put into Nature." His hypothesis was:
Question 2 options:
That tapeworms and bladder worms are two different species
That bladder worms only live in rabbits
That bladder worms cannot be transferred from rabbits to foxes
That bladder worms are early stages of in the natural life cycle of tapeworms
That tapeworms can only be found in rabbits
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Question 3 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 2, the talk is about Trichinella. Which statement is correct?
Question 3 options:
That Trichinella only exists in Africa
That the immune system of mice does not produce antibodies against ground-up parasites
That humans are only accidental hosts
That mosquitos are carriers of Trichinella
That Poodles and Dobermans are two different species
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Question 4 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 2, copepods are the animals of interest. Some copepods make their lives at special places, for example:
Question 4 options:
In the jelly of the eye of a Greenland shark
On the heart of a swordfish
On the gill arches of a Marko shark
Inside of the nose of a blue shark
At all of above
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Question 5 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 2, Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria, feeds on:
Question 5 options:
White blood cells
Red blood cells
Platelets
Invasive virus
T cells
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Question 6 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 2, it is stated that the core of hemoglobin is poisonous to the parasite Plasmodium
Question 6 options:
Plasmodium can neutralize the effect
The parasite dies
The parasite pauses waiting for better times
The parasite divides to avoid death
he parasite is not Plasmodium in this case
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Question 7 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 3, it is explained why trypanosome are so dangerous
Question 7 options:
Because trypanosome is loaded with a strong poison
Because the T cells are not mobilized
Because the host has not enough hemoglobin to fight
Because trypanosome can change the structure of its coat
Because takes over the lungs
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Question 8 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 3, the parasite that chews away at soft tissue of the head until the victim is faceless, is:
Question 8 options:
Leishmania major
Plasmodium
Leishmania brasiliensis
Leishmania donovani
There is no such parasite
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Question 9 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 3, Toxoplasma wants to get into a cat's insides
Question 9 options:
It does it like Leishmania does it
It hunkers down in a cyst so the host survives and will be eaten by a cat
It is not a parasite but helps parasites, like Leishmania
It makes mice walking very slowly
It makes mice making more noise so cats can hear them better
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Question 10 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 4, the thorny-headed worms parasitized pill bugs
Question 10 options:
The worm changed the color of the pill bug so it can be better detected
It killed the pill bug with its poison
It changed the behavior of the pill bug so it did not hide anymore
It did nothing to the pill bug, just waiting for the bug being eaten
It changed the bird so the bird could not swallow its meals
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Question 11 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 5, the question is about parasitic birds, like the cuckoo
Question 11 options:
Cuckoo have their own nests and enslave other birds to clean them of parasites
The nest of cuckoo is infested with bugs
Cuckoo lay eggs that look like the eggs of the host
Cuckoo mimic the smell of other birds not to be distinguished from them
Cuckoo only lay their eggs in nests of reed warblers
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Question 12 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 6, flukes don't destroy killifish, but
Question 12 options:
Make them losing weight
Make them diving to the bottom of the water puddle
Make them moving around so birds can find and catch them
Make them feeling bad and moving slowly
Give them small spots on their skin
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Question 13 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 6, parthenogenesis is introduced
Question 13 options:
In parthenogenesis, unfertilized eggs start developing
Parthenogenesis is only known from bugs
Parthenogenesis is when males care for the offspring
Parthenogenesis changes the species to become a new one
Parthenogenesis is a costly way of reproduction
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Question 14 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 8, it is stated that in the late 1980, frogs began to disappear from the high elevation of Central America
Question 14 options:
But only in the upper regions because the parasite cannot survive high temperature
Because frogs are ancient animals and will get extinct soon because their time is up
Because birds were introduced that like frogs for food
Because of overfishing for frog legs as delicatessen
Because of water pollution
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Question 15 (1 point)
In PARASITE REX, Chapter 6, examples are given how animals can avoid being infested with parasites
Question 15 options:
Cows generally stay away from patches of grass with manure
Snakes cleaning the parasites from Owls nests
Swallows avoid nests when there are parasites in them
Purple martins line their nests with plants that contain parasite killers
All of above
A)
Anything that lives on or in another organism at the expense of that organism
A creature that lives off another organism is a parasite. The parasite might not hurt the host, but it doesn't do anything to help it, either
C)
An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host
Same as [A] above, but except bacteria and viruses
Basically, Zimmer approves [A] and [D] above as a definition
Explanation / Answer
According to the non-fiction book Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer:-
Q.1) The word parasites technically means "anything that lives on or in another organism at the expense of the organism"
Q.2) Here, Küchenmeister gave the explanation that "the bladder worms were an early stage in the natural life cycle of the tapeworm."
Q.3) The Chapter 2 of PARASITE REX said :- "Humans are only accidental hosts for Trichinella......"
Q.4) In PARASITE REX, Chapter 2, said that, copepods are the animals of interest. Some copepods make their lives at special places, for example: the eye of a Greenland shark, On the heart of a swordfish, On the gill arches of a Marko shark, Inside of the nose of a blue shark etc.
So the option (E) At all of above is correct.
Q.5) In PARASITE REX, Chapter 2, Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria, feeds on: haemoglobin of (B) Red Blood cells.
Q.6) In PARASITE REX, Chapter 2, it is stated that the core of hemoglobin is poisonous to the parasite Plasmodium, but the (A) Plasmodium can neutralize the effect.
Q.7) In PARASITE REX, Chapter 3, it is explained why trypanosome are so dangerous because (D) trypanosome can change the structure of its coat.
Q.8) n PARASITE REX, Chapter 3, the parasite that chews away at soft tissue of the head until the victim is faceless, is: (C) Leishmania brasiliensis.
Q.9) In PARASITE REX, Chapter 3, Toxoplasma wants to get into a cat's insides and for that (B) It hunkers down in a cyst so the host survives and will be eaten by a cat.