Class 5 EVS Chapter 8 Question Answers - Chapter 8 - A Treat for Mosquitoes

Q1: What is Malaria?
Ans: Malaria is a disease caused by the bite of an infectious Female Anopheles Mosquito.

Q2: How can you know if you have Malaria?
Ans: The best way to know if you have malaria is to have a blood test. If your blood has malaria parasites, then you are infected with malaria.

Q3: What are the symptoms of Malaria?
Ans: The symptoms of Malaria include fever, shaking chills, a general feeling of discomfort, headache and fatigue, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and muscle or joint pain.

Q4: How can you protect yourself from Malaria?
Ans: You can protect yourself from Malaria by stopping the growth and breeding of mosquitoes or protecting yourself from mosquito bites. This can be done by not allowing water to stagnate, filling pits in your surroundings, keeping water pots, coolers, and tanks clean and dried, putting fish in ponds to eat mosquito larvae, spraying kerosene oil on standing water, using mosquito nets, and using mosquito repellents like creams, coils, or liquids.

Q5: What is a parasite?
Ans: A parasite is an organism that lives on or inside the body of a bigger organism and takes shelter and food from it.

Q6: What is Anaemia?
Ans: Anaemia is a condition where there is less haemoglobin or iron in the blood, resulting in a lack of healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to the body's tissues.

Q7: What are the symptoms of Anaemia?
Ans: The symptoms of Anaemia include fatigue, weakness, pale or yellowish skin, irregular heartbeats, shortness of breath, dizziness, chest pain, cold hands and feet, and headaches.

Q8: How is Anaemia cured?
Ans: Anaemia can be cured by taking iron tablets prescribed by a doctor. Consuming foods rich in iron, such as jaggery, amla, green leafy vegetables like spinach, lettuce, cabbage, apple, iron, and fish, can also help overcome the deficiency of haemoglobin or iron in the blood.

Q9: What is Haemoglobin?
Ans: Haemoglobin is a component of blood that gives it a red color.

Q10: What are Algae?
Ans: Algae are organisms that grow in different shapes, sizes, and colors and are found all over the world.