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Hey!!
SajjadAhmad - Can you please specify the individual level of each question?
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Could you please provide the explanations??
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Could you please provide the explanations??

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https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-tsetse-f ... l#p2159819

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Answers:-
1. All of the following statements correctly describe the relationship between the tsetse fly, the trypanosome, and vertebrates EXCEPT:

A. vertebrate blood provides the nourishment for the transport of trypanosomes.
B. the ―bite‖ of a tsetse fly can kill vertebrates since it often injects a deadly chemical.--para 2 trypanosome is responsible for disease it is not a chemical it is a parasite
C. both the tsetse fly and the trypanosome utilize vertebrate blood for nourishment.
D. vertebrates may die after trypanosome contamination via a tsetse proboscis.
E. the tse tse fly transfers the trypanosome into the vertebrates‘ bodies



2. In the passage, the author does NOT identify which of the following as a characteristic of the tsetse fly?

A. dependence upon vertebrate blood
B. ability to transmit a fatal parasite to livestock and humans
C. ability to alter its genetic code para 3 trypanosome can alter its genetic code which is a parasite not the testes fly
D. ability to influence the African cattle population
E. its larva pupates for several weeks beneath the ground


3. According to African environmentalists, which of the following accurately describes the effect the tsetse fly has on the African grasslands? para 4 they stated if testes fly will not be there cattle population will overflood the grassland and turn it into desert

A. If the tsetse fly population continues to exist, the African grasslands will turn into barren wasteland.
B. If the tsetse fly population continues to exist, the African grasslands will not be able to provide sufficient food supply for African cattle and livestock.
C. Destruction of the tsetse fly population will lead to the conversion of grasslands into desert. hence the answer
D. Destruction of the tsetse fly population will cause overgrowth of the African grasslands.
E. Tse tse fly has no impact on grasslands, it only impacts vertebrates


4. What is the primary purpose of the fourth paragraph in the passage
same reasoning as question no 3 eradication of fly will lead to forest formation therefore it's the benefit of fly that it controls the population of the cattle.
A. to decsribe the harmful effects of the tse tse fly
B. to argue that the proliferation of tse tse flies can lead to large scale deforestation of African grasslands
C. to discuss a beneficial impact of tse tse flies
D. to state that efforts to eradicate the tse tse flies have generally proved
to be ineffective
E. to discuss the reproductive cycle of a tse tse fly
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