Match the following items with the correct phrases.
_______1. The causative agents of dengue fever, filariasis, malaria, West Nile encephalitis, and yellow fever are all transmitted by ____________________.
_______2. ____________________ transmit the causative agents of babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, relapsing fever, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
_______3. The causative agent of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas's disease) is transmitted by arthropods in a class of insects known as ____________________.
_______4. ____________________ transmit the causative agents of epidemic typhus and trench fever.
_______5. African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, and onchocerciasis are transmitted by various types of ____________________.
a. biting flies
b. bugs
c. lice
d. mosquitoes
e. ticks
1. d. mosquitoes
2. e. ticks
3. b. bugs
4. c. lice
5. a. biting flies
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According to your text, the gap in per capita gross national income between the world's 10 most and least prosperous countries is closing, from 70 times to only 20 times as great
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The members of this subphylum have a three-part body plan: a head, thorax, and abdomen. Among
other structures, their head has one pair of antennae and a pair of mandibles, and their thorax has three pairs of walking legs and often one or two pairs of wings.
a. Myriapoda b. Trilobita c. Chelicerata d. Hexapoda e. Crustacea
A diploid organism
a. contains several copies of the same chromosomes. b. contains only autosomes. c. contains one copy of each chromosome. d. contains chromosomes that all have the same size. e. contains two of each type of chromosome
During DNA replication, complementary nucleotides are added to the separated strands of the original DNA by enzymes. Which one of the following bases would a nucleotide contain if it were paired to a nucleotide containing thymine?
A) adenine B) uracil C) another thymine D) cytosine E) guanine