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.