Mosqutioes
Ticks
Rodents
Diseases
Bonus
100

Mosquitoes breed in

Standing Water

100

Ticks are found

On tall grasses and logs

100

Deer Mice transmit

Hantavirus

100

Hantavirus is transmitted by

deer mice

100

My name is

Emma

200

Which mosquitoes bite

Females

200

Ticks transmit

Lyme Disease

200

Rats can make you sick True or False

True

200

West Nile Virus is transmitted by

Culex Mosquito

200

A bug scientist is called a 

ecologist or entomologist

300

Male mosquitoes eat

Flower Nectar

300

How to remove a tick

Pull it straight out from the skin with tweezers

300

If you see rodent droppings you should

set traps, secure all food and trash, and fix all holes

300

Lyme disease is transmitted by which type of tick

Western Black legged tick

300

dumping out water in your yard will prevent

mosquito breeding

400

West Nile Virus is transmitted by

Culex Mosquitoes

400

A baby tick is called a

Nymph

400
True or False, rat mites can infest people

True

400

How many people get Lyme disease in Santa Cruz every year

20

400

When ticks hang out on grass waiting for a host to brush by is called

Questing

500

Mosquitoes kill how many people every year

1 Million

500

The most dangerous VBD in this county is?

Lyme disease

500

The ectoparasites of rats are

fleas or mites

500

The most deadly VBD in the world is

Malaria

500

any organism that can transmit a disease to you is called 

VECTOR

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