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*Hard ticks have festoons
*Hard ticks have festoons
*Hard ticks can be ornate
*Hard ticks can be ornate
|l2=Ticks_Morphology
|l2=Tick_Morphology
|q3=True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal
|q3=True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal
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*Soft ticks feed little and often and cannot expand to three times their body size whilst feeding
*Soft ticks feed little and often and cannot expand to three times their body size whilst feeding
*Female hard ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst engorging on a blood meal
*Female hard ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst engorging on a blood meal
|l3=Ticks_Morphology
|l3=Tick_Morphology
|q4=List the mouthparts of ticks
|q4=List the mouthparts of ticks
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*Chelicerae
*Chelicerae
*Palps
*Palps
|l4=Ticks_Mouthparts
|l4=Tick_Mouthparts
|q5=Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks:
|q5=Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks:
<p>Soft ticks feed ??? and on ??? hosts. Hard ticks take ??? at each life cycle stage and can feed on ??? different hosts during their life cycle.</p>
<p>Soft ticks feed ??? and on ??? hosts. Hard ticks take ??? at each life cycle stage and can feed on ??? different hosts during their life cycle.</p>
*one blood meal
*one blood meal
*one, two or three
*one, two or three
|l5=Ticks#Life Cycle
|l5=Tick_Life Cycle
|q6=What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this
|q6=What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this
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*Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg
*Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg
*Babesia
*Babesia
|l6=Ticks#Disease Transmission
|l6=Tick_Disease Transmission
|q7=What is trans-stadial transmission?
|q7=What is trans-stadial transmission?
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*Organism passed onto the next host as the tick develops (only in two and three host ticks)
*Organism passed onto the next host as the tick develops (only in two and three host ticks)
*It is not passed onto the next generation through the egg
*It is not passed onto the next generation through the egg
|l7=Ticks#Disease Transmission
|l7=Tick_Disease Transmission
|q8=What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread?
|q8=What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread?
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