NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM ANIMALS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are parasites?
A
Animals that get nutrition from other living animals.
B
Animals that eat other animals as their food.
C
Animals that eat both plants and other animals.
D
Animals that feed on dead animals.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Parasitic nutrition is found in the animals who derive nutrition from the host body, e.g., head lotus, tapeworm, roundworm, etc.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is a type of heterotrophic nutrition. It is a type of nutrition in which organisms live on or inside the bodies of their hosts and feed on them. The parasite is the organism that obtains the food, and the host is the organism from which the food is taken.

Detailed explanation-3: -Animal parasites and their effect on agriculture A parasite is an organism that lives in or on another and takes its nourishment from that other organism, or “host.” Parasites of animals and humans come in many forms, including helminths (worms), arthropods (lice, ticks, mosquitoes, etc.), and protozoa.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of animal parasites are Tapeworm and leech.

Detailed explanation-5: -A parasitic relationship is one in which one organism, the parasite, lives off of another organism, the host, harming it and possibly causing death. The parasite lives on or in the body of the host. A few examples of parasites are tapeworms, fleas, and barnacles.

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