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Protist Diseases GCSE Exam-Style Questions

Question 1

Q1. Knowledge Recall (1 mark)

Define the term 'protist'.

Question 2

Q2. Application (2 marks)

Explain how the symptoms of malaria are caused by the protist *Plasmodium*.

Question 3

Q3. Knowledge Recall (2 marks)

State the environmental conditions that favour the transmission of malaria.

Question 4

Q4. Application (3 marks)

A patient with amoebic dysentery is prescribed the drug metronidazole. Explain how this drug kills the protist *Entamoeba histolytica*.

Question 5

Q5. Knowledge Recall (1 mark)

Name the protist that causes sleeping sickness.

Question 6

Q6. Application (2 marks)

Explain why trypanosomes are difficult to treat with drugs.

Question 7

Q7. Data Analysis (4 marks)

The graph shows the number of cases of giardiasis in a population over a period of time.

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Explain the likely cause of the increase in cases between weeks 4 and 6. (4 marks)

Question 8

Q8. Knowledge Recall (2 marks)

Describe the role of the vector *Anopheles* mosquito in the transmission of malaria.

Question 9

Q9. Application (3 marks)

Explain the importance of mosquito control measures in preventing the spread of protist diseases.

Question 10

Q10. Knowledge Recall (1 mark)

Name one symptom of cryptosporidiosis.