Plasmodium, the world’s most lethal parasite, causes malaria. the parasite enters the
bloodstream through a mosquito bite, hiding in the human liver before invading red blood
cells. ultimately, millions of infected blood cells explode at once, causing fever and death
in 3 million people a year worldwide.
source: zimmer, february 12, 2001, “animal parasites – as gross as it gets,”
“science world,” pg 11.
-- state one reason why plasmodium is considered a parasite of humans. [1]
-- state one negative impact on humans when the use of pesticides for mosquitoes is decreased. [1]
-- if a large quantity of herbicide, a chemical that is designed to kill weeds, were accidentally spilled into
a large lake, it could endanger all the organisms living in the lake. state one way the effects of killing
the weeds in the lake could be destructive to populations of fish and other animals.