Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is  transmitted via the bites of infected mosquitoes. In the human  body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and t â¦ hen infect red  blood cells. Usually, people get malaria by being bitten by an  infective female Anopheles mosquito.   *Ninety percent of malaria-related deaths occur in Africa. Malaria is commonly associated with poverty, but is also a cause of poverty.   *Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases and an enormous public health problem.
metamorphic rock. (petrology). A rock formed from preexisting solid rocks by mineralogical, structural, and chemical changes, in response to extreme changes in temperature, pressure, and shearing stress.
Rocks are classified by the processes under which they were formed. The differences in formation account for variations in the appearance of the rocks and, with some practice, you can learn to recognize the different types by sight. Metamorphic Rocks are rocks that have changed form due to heat and pressure.Metamorphic comes from the Greek words meta and morph. Meta means change and morph means form.etamorphic rocks were once sedimentary, igneous or even other metamorphic rocks that have been changed by heat and pressure.