EXERCISES, LESSON 1
INSTRUCTIONS. Answer the following exercises by writing the word or words in the
space that properly completes the sentence or best answers the question.
After you have completed all of these items, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at
the end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly,
reread the material referenced after the answer.
1.
Any of the insects, arachnids, or crustaceans that consist of a jointed body and
limbs with the brain dorsal to the alimentary canal and connected with a ventral
chain of ganglia is called an _________________________________.
2.
What does a reservoir refer to in this lesson? ____________________________
________________________________________________________________
3.
How are arthropod-borne diseases transmitted? _________________________
________________________________________________________________
4.
What is the organism from which a parasite obtains its nourishment called?
__________________
5.
What is autoinfection? ______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
6.
How do houseflies transmit diseases? _________________________________
________________________________________________________________
7.
What is dysentery? ________________________________________________
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