AP®︎ Environmental Science: Topic 8.15 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 8.15 of AP Environmental Science – Pathogens and Infectious Diseases.
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Topic 8.15
Question 1 Easy
This question tests the following: EIN-3.D.7
What is the primary cause of malaria?
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Topic 8.15: Pathogens and Infectious Diseases
Learning Objective: EIN-3.D
Explain human pathogens and their cycling through the environment.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.1
Pathogens adapt to take advantage of new opportunities to infect and spread through human populations.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.2
Specific pathogens can occur in many environments regardless of the appearance of sanitary conditions.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.3
As equatorial-type climate zones spread north and south into what are currently subtropical and temperate climate zones, pathogens, infectious diseases, and any associated vectors are spreading into these areas where the disease has not previously been known to occur.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.4
Poverty-stricken, low-income areas often lack sanitary waste disposal and have contaminated drinking water supplies, leading to havens and opportunities for the spread of infectious diseases.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.5
Plague is a disease carried by organisms infected with the plague bacteria. It is transferred to humans via the bite of an infected organism or through contact with contaminated fluids or tissues.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.6
Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that typically attacks the lungs. It is spread by breathing in the bacteria from the bodily fluids of an infected person.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.7
Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by bites from infected mosquitoes. It is most often found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.8
West Nile virus is transmitted to humans via bites from infected mosquitoes.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.9
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a form of pneumonia. It is transferred by inhaling or touching infected fluids.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.10
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory illness that is transferred from animals to humans.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.11
Zika is a virus caused by bites from infected mosquitoes. It can be transmitted through sexual contact.
Essential Knowledge: EIN-3.D.12
Cholera is a bacterial disease that is contracted from infected water.
