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17 Cards in this Set
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What is the intimate and protracted association between two or more organisms of different species?
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symbiosis
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What term describes a close association between two speices that is beneficial to the parasite and harmful to the host?
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parasitism
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What occurs when one animal steals food (the parasite) gathered by another (the host)?
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kleptoparasitism
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What term describes the strategy in which during its development, the parasite lives in or on the body of a single host, eventually killing that host?
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parasitoid
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What classification of parasite is characterized by small size and a short generation time?
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microparasites
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What classification of parasite is characterized by relatively large size and a comparitively long generation time and usually involve intermediate hosts and carriers?
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macroparasites
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_____________ derive some or all of their nutrition from another plant.
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Parasitic plants
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What classification of parasitic organisms are those that live on the host's skin within the protective cover of feathers and hair?
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ectoparasites (e.g. ticks, flees)
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What classification of parasitic organisms are those that live within the host (e.g. beneath the skin, bloodstream, gills)?
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endoparasites
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What classification of parasitic plants are photosynthetic and contain chlorophyll?
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hemiparasitic; depend on host for water but can photosynthesize
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What classification of parasitic plants are nonphotosynthetic and completely depend on host for survival?
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holoparasitic; will not be green
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Host organisms can be compared to "_____________" for parasites.
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islands of habitat
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________ transmission of a parasite occurs by direct contact with a carrier.
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Direct
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________ transmission of a parasite occurs when the parasite can be dispersed from one host to another through the air, water, or other substrate.
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Indirect
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What term describes parasites that are transmitted between hosts by an intermediate organism?
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vector
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The _________ host is the host species in which the parasite becomes an adult and reaches maturity.
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definitive
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The ___________ host harbors some developmental phase, but not necessarily the adult.
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intermediate
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