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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions below it.
My name is Anopheles. I am a female mosquito. I am one type among more than 1400 types of mosquitoes. I have a slender tube shaped body, three pairs of long legs, and two narrow wings. My special needle-shaped mouth-parts can pierce the human skin easily. I love to bite human and animals to suck their blood. When I bite a victim, I inject a secret substance that makes the blood flow more easily.
My home is on or near still water. I enjoy damp and humid places, especially the muddy water which collects in swamps, ponds and ditches. Pools of dirty water from kitchens and bathrooms make good homes for me. I specialize in causing malaria.
Questions
(i) How many types of mosquitoes are there?
Ans. There are more than 1400 types of mosquitoes.
(ii) What is the shape of the Anopheles mosquito?
Ans. The Anopheles mosquito has a slender, tube shaped body, there pairs of long legs, and two narrow wings.
(iii) What happens when an Anopheles bites a victim?
Ans. When an Anopheles bites a victim, it injects a secret substance that makes the blood flow more easily.
(iv) Where do the Anopheles mosquitos survives?
Ans. Anopheles mosquitoes survives in humid place like ponds and ditches and also in kitchens and bathrooms.
(v) Which disease is spread by the Anopheles mosquitoes?
Ans. Malaria is spread by Anopheles mosquitoes.