Expert Maths & Science Tutoring

Q1. Knowledge Recall (1 mark)

Define the term 'protist'.

Q2. Application (2 marks)

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

Q3. Knowledge Recall (2 marks)

State the environmental conditions that favour the transmission of malaria.

Q4. Application (3 marks)

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

Q5. Knowledge Recall (1 mark)

Name the protist that causes sleeping sickness.

Q6. Application (2 marks)

Explain why trypanosomes are difficult to treat with drugs.

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)

Q8. Knowledge Recall (2 marks)

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

Q9. Application (3 marks)

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

Q10. Knowledge Recall (1 mark)

Name one symptom of cryptosporidiosis.