Answers to AQA GCSE Protist diseases (Biology)

Practice Questions

1.How can eukaryotic cells be identified?

They have a cell membrane, cytoplasm and their genetic material is found inside the nucleus.

2. What is the name of the organism which causes malaria?

Plasmodium

3. State 3 ways that malaria can be controlled.

1. Remove still water sources, this is because mosquitoes use still water to breed. 

2. Wear mosquito repellent sprays.

3. Sleep under insecticide impregnated mosquito nets.

4. Use insecticide sprays to kill mosquitoes.

5. Antimalarial tablets are available. However, the Plasmodium have developed resistance to some antimalarial medications.