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The malarial protist lives and feeds inside a living host organism."},{"text":"It feeds without affecting another organism.","correct":false,"explanation":"A parasite depends on a host and commonly harms it, rather than feeding independently without effect. The malarial protist lives and feeds inside another organism."}]},{"id":"85e37e8f-442b-4801-ab38-96277682cf07","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Where does the malarial protist spend parts of its life cycle?","back":"In a human and in a mosquito.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"In a human and in a mosquito.","correct":true,"explanation":"The malarial protist has stages of its life cycle in a human host and stages in a mosquito vector, which carries it between humans."},{"text":"In a human and in a housefly.","correct":false,"explanation":"Houseflies are not involved in the malaria life cycle. The malarial protist spends parts of its life cycle in a human and in a mosquito."},{"text":"In a mosquito and in a tick.","correct":false,"explanation":"This incorrectly substitutes another disease vector and omits the human host. The malarial protist spends parts of its life cycle in a human and a mosquito."},{"text":"In a human and in a snail.","correct":false,"explanation":"Snails act as hosts for some other parasites, but not the malarial protist. Its life cycle includes stages in a human and in a mosquito."}]},{"id":"90419676-802f-4a19-8b43-6da2598382fb","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"What happens to the malarial protist inside a person?","back":"It travels in the blood and damages red blood cells.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"It travels in the blood and damages red blood cells.","correct":true,"explanation":"Inside a person, the malarial protist travels through the bloodstream and infects and damages red blood cells. 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Recurrent episodes of fever
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Recurrent episodes of fever
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A persistent skin rash
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Recurrent episodes of fever
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Continuous episodes of coughing
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Removing that water eliminates breeding sites and helps reduce the mosquito population."},{"text":"It stops mosquitoes from feeding because they find blood in still water.","correct":false,"explanation":"Mosquitoes obtain blood from animals or humans, not from still water. Removing still water controls malaria by preventing mosquitoes from breeding there."},{"text":"It stops mosquitoes from biting because they lay eggs in still water.","correct":false,"explanation":"Removing still water does not directly prevent an existing adult mosquito from biting. It stops breeding by removing the places where mosquitoes lay their eggs."},{"text":"It stops mosquitoes from infecting water because they lay eggs in still water.","correct":false,"explanation":"Malaria is transmitted through mosquito bites, not by drinking infected water. Removing still water reduces breeding because mosquitoes use it to lay their eggs."}]},{"id":"576436fd-a895-4467-9be6-4ce1d6eaee49","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"How do insecticide-treated mosquito nets reduce malaria transmission?","back":"They stop people being bitten while they sleep.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"They stop people being bitten while they sleep.","correct":true,"explanation":"Mosquito nets form a physical barrier around sleeping people, while the insecticide can repel or kill mosquitoes. This prevents infectious bites during sleep."},{"text":"They stop people being infected through drinking water.","correct":false,"explanation":"Malaria is not a waterborne disease, so protecting drinking water does not block its transmission. Treated nets reduce malaria by preventing mosquito bites during sleep."},{"text":"They stop mosquitoes being infected while they feed.","correct":false,"explanation":"The main protective effect is preventing contact between mosquitoes and sleeping people, not directly preventing mosquito infection. Treated nets stop people being bitten while asleep."},{"text":"They stop people being bitten while they exercise.","correct":false,"explanation":"Bed nets only protect someone who is beneath them, usually during sleep. They reduce malaria transmission by stopping infected mosquitoes from biting sleeping people."}]},{"id":"190a1100-8fa4-41a8-8945-5a652010b7c2","cardType":"basic","points":1,"front":"How do insecticides help control malaria?","back":"They kill mosquitoes.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"They kill mosquitoes.","correct":true,"explanation":"Insecticides kill mosquitoes, reducing the vector population and the number of infectious bites. This interrupts transmission of the malarial protist between human hosts."},{"text":"They kill malarial protists.","correct":false,"explanation":"This confuses insecticides with medicines that act on pathogens inside a patient. In malaria control, insecticides kill mosquito vectors and thereby reduce transmission."},{"text":"They vaccinate mosquitoes.","correct":false,"explanation":"Insecticides are toxic chemicals rather than vaccines and do not produce immunity. They help control malaria by killing mosquitoes that could transmit the protist."},{"text":"They cure infected people.","correct":false,"explanation":"Treating an infected person requires appropriate antimalarial medicine, not insecticide. Insecticides control transmission by killing the mosquitoes that carry the malarial protist."}]},{"id":"a14f6a49-13aa-4339-9887-da89645a4ca8","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"How can antimalarial drugs protect travellers after a mosquito bite?","back":"They kill any protists transmitted by the bite.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"They kill any protists transmitted by the bite.","correct":true,"explanation":"Antimalarial drugs destroy malarial protists that enter the body, reducing the chance that the infection develops after an infected mosquito has bitten the traveller."},{"text":"They kill all bacteria transmitted by the bite.","correct":false,"explanation":"Malaria is caused by a protist, not a bacterium, so antibacterial action would not remove the infection. The correct answer is that antimalarial drugs kill any protists transmitted by the bite."},{"text":"They prevent mosquitoes transmitted by the bite.","correct":false,"explanation":"Drugs taken by travellers do not prevent or remove mosquitoes; they act inside the person after transmission. The correct answer is that they kill any protists transmitted by the bite."},{"text":"They destroy red blood cells transmitted by the bite.","correct":false,"explanation":"Destroying red blood cells would worsen malaria symptoms rather than protect the traveller. The correct answer is that antimalarial drugs kill any protists transmitted by the bite."}]},{"id":"21423c24-c4f6-4170-bf2e-143580a8e027","cardType":"basic","points":2,"front":"Why do most malaria-control methods target mosquitoes?","back":"Mosquitoes are the vectors that spread the protist.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Mosquitoes are the vectors that spread the protist.","correct":true,"explanation":"A vector carries a pathogen between hosts without being the disease itself. Mosquitoes transmit the malarial protist, so controlling them reduces the spread between people."},{"text":"Mosquitoes are the hosts that produce the protist.","correct":false,"explanation":"Mosquitoes transmit malaria but are described here as vectors, not simply hosts that produce the pathogen. The correct answer is that they are the vectors that spread the protist."},{"text":"Mosquitoes are the organisms that cure the protist.","correct":false,"explanation":"Mosquitoes do not cure malaria; infected mosquitoes transmit the protist during feeding. The correct answer is that they are the vectors that spread the protist."},{"text":"Mosquitoes are the cells that destroy the protist.","correct":false,"explanation":"Mosquitoes are whole organisms and do not destroy the malarial protist during transmission. The correct answer is that they are the vectors that spread the protist."}]},{"id":"87ed5378-3ece-4762-925e-c263ee9188fa","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Malaria is caused by a [ ].","back":"Malaria is caused by a protist.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"protist","correct":true,"explanation":"Malaria is caused by a protist, a single-celled eukaryotic pathogen. Plasmodium species are the malarial protists responsible for the disease."},{"text":"bacterium","correct":false,"explanation":"Bacteria can cause diseases, but malaria is caused by a protist, specifically a Plasmodium species. Confusing these pathogen groups gives the wrong classification."},{"text":"virus","correct":false,"explanation":"Viruses cause illnesses such as influenza, but malaria is caused by a protist. The mosquito transmits the malarial protist between human hosts."},{"text":"fungus","correct":false,"explanation":"Fungi can cause some human infections, but they do not cause malaria. The correct pathogen group is protist, including Plasmodium species."}]},{"id":"52d00a11-e184-47de-ac71-053ed3143f71","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Malaria is spread from host to host by a mosquito, which acts as a [ ].","back":"Malaria is spread from host to host by a mosquito, which acts as a vector.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"vector","correct":true,"explanation":"A vector is an organism that carries a pathogen from one host to another. The mosquito spreads the malarial protist when it bites different people."},{"text":"pathogen","correct":false,"explanation":"The pathogen is the disease-causing malarial protist, whereas the mosquito carries it between hosts. The mosquito is therefore a vector, not the pathogen."},{"text":"antibody","correct":false,"explanation":"An antibody is a defensive protein made by the immune system, not an organism that transports pathogens. The mosquito acts as a vector for malaria."},{"text":"host","correct":false,"explanation":"A host contains a pathogen, but this question focuses on the mosquito's role in transferring malaria between hosts. That transfer role is called a vector."}]},{"id":"255b52bc-8009-4e75-999a-372ad0ab0c3d","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Inside a person, the malarial protist travels in the [ ].","back":"Inside a person, the malarial protist travels in the blood.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"blood","correct":true,"explanation":"After entering a person, the malarial protist is carried through the blood. This allows it to reach and infect red blood cells."},{"text":"air","correct":false,"explanation":"Malaria is not transmitted through the air inside the body. The malarial protist travels in the blood after an infected mosquito bite."},{"text":"digestive system","correct":false,"explanation":"The malarial protist does not spread through the digestive system in a person. It travels in the blood and damages red blood cells."},{"text":"nervous system","correct":false,"explanation":"The nervous system is not the main route by which the malarial protist travels. The correct route is the blood, where it reaches red blood cells."}]},{"id":"81de0577-c769-4fec-9923-dbba860fc0df","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"The malarial protist damages the person's [ ].","back":"The malarial protist damages the person's red blood cells.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"red blood cells","correct":true,"explanation":"Malarial protists infect and damage red blood cells. Damage to these cells can reduce oxygen transport and contributes to the symptoms of malaria."},{"text":"white blood cells","correct":false,"explanation":"White blood cells defend against pathogens, but the key cells damaged by the malarial protist are red blood cells. Confusing the two blood-cell types gives the wrong answer."},{"text":"platelets","correct":false,"explanation":"Platelets help blood clot and are not the main cells damaged by malaria. The malarial protist damages red blood cells instead."},{"text":"nerve cells","correct":false,"explanation":"Nerve cells transmit electrical signals and are not the primary target described for malaria. The correct answer is red blood cells."}]},{"id":"6ea9ccd0-f883-4ffa-905d-4c7af0b3c9d6","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Mosquitoes can be stopped from breeding by removing the [ ] where they lay eggs.","back":"Mosquitoes can be stopped from breeding by removing the still water where they lay eggs.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"still water","correct":true,"explanation":"Mosquitoes lay their eggs in still water, so removing containers and pools of stagnant water removes breeding sites and reduces mosquito numbers."},{"text":"flowing water","correct":false,"explanation":"Flowing water is less suitable for mosquito egg-laying than stagnant water. The correct answer is still water, which provides the breeding sites mosquitoes need."},{"text":"dry soil","correct":false,"explanation":"Dry soil does not provide the water needed for mosquito eggs to develop. Removing still water is the control method that removes their breeding sites."},{"text":"salty seawater","correct":false,"explanation":"Typical mosquito breeding sites are stagnant freshwater pools and containers, not salty seawater. Removing still water prevents eggs from being laid and developing."}]},{"id":"737f9d34-1ccd-44e3-ab5b-2c4f08744c7e","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Travellers can take [ ] to kill protists if they are bitten.","back":"Travellers can take antimalarial drugs to kill protists if they are bitten.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"antimalarial drugs","correct":true,"explanation":"Antimalarial drugs are medicines used to kill malarial protists in the body, helping prevent malaria from developing after an infected mosquito bite."},{"text":"antibiotics","correct":false,"explanation":"Antibiotics target bacteria and do not kill the protist that causes malaria. Travellers need antimalarial drugs to kill malarial protists after a bite."},{"text":"painkillers","correct":false,"explanation":"Painkillers may relieve symptoms but do not kill the malarial protist. The correct treatment described is antimalarial drugs."},{"text":"vaccines","correct":false,"explanation":"Vaccines prepare the immune system before infection and are not the drugs described as killing protists after a bite. The correct answer is antimalarial drugs."}]}]}],"examCountdown":{"examDate":"2027-05-11","paperLabel":"Paper 1"},"heading":"3.1.5 Protist diseases","title":"3.1.5 Protist diseases Flashcards","topbar":{"backHref":"/gcse/biology/aqa/flashcards"},"topicSidebar":"$L38"}]}],"topicId":"070ea4f7-7056-5024-b987-eeef915bd086","walled":"$L39"}],"$L3a","$L3b"]