Ectoparasites often serve as vectors for other parasites or disease-causing organisms. a) define the term ectoparasite. b) explain how fleas are both ectoparasites and a vector for tapeworms. c) name 3 human diseases transmitted by ectoparasites and indicate the ectoparasite that is responsible for each.

Yes

Explanation:

Ectoparasite is an organism that lives and survive on its host. They are external parasite that live on the skin of their host.

B. Fleas are both ectoparasite and vectors of tapeworms.

Fleas lives on the body or skin of their host tapeworm or humans. Tapeworm are endoparasites that resides in human intestine. They survived by feeding and sucking the blood of their host. They are vectors because they transmit disease or are carriers of pathogens and eggs of tapeworm.

C. The three disease transmitted by ectoparasite to human are:

1. Malaria and this transmitted by female anopheles mosquito.

2. Sleeping sickness, it is transmitted by tse-tse fly.

3. Scabies, this is transmitted by mites.

answer; i believe the correct answer is (a)0

answer: angiosperms

dicots

angiosperms are highly evolved plants, they produce seeds which are enclosed within in a carple. these are the largest group of plants on earth. they include trees, shrubs, herbs and small flowering plants. angiosperms exhibit a flowering stage in their life cycle. the flower serves the function of reproduction and fruit formation in majority of angiosperms. dicot is the term used to describe flowering plants that have two seed leaves. dicots are plants which develop seeds which split into two parts called cotyledons. each cotyledon contains one embryo.

here, a small purple flower development indicates that the plant belongs to angiosperms and having two embryonic leaves indicates it belongs to dicots.