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What do you call the habitat of a parasite?
The habitat of a parasite is called a host. The host provides the environment for the parasite to live, feed, and reproduce.
What is an organism that lives in or on a host cell?
A parasite is an organism that lives in or on a host cell. Parasites rely on the host for nutrients and can cause harm to the host they live in. Examples include Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria, and tapeworms.
Can a parasite be a pathogen?
Parasite is an organism, that lives off another organism. Pathogen is something that causes disease in another organism. So the answer is "Yes". eg Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite.
What is the relationship in which bacteria harm its host?
The answer is parasitism, because parasites harm their host.
Name one example of a parasite causing harm to it's host?
The parasitic worm Schistosoma mansoni causes schistosomiasis in humans. The parasite's eggs can cause damage to the liver, intestines, bladder, and other organs, leading to symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and blood in the urine.
What do you call an organisms that live on or in a host and cause harm to the host?
Parasite
Why does it harm a parasite to have its host die?
It harms a parasite to have its host die because the host is what the parasite depends on. If the host dies then the parasite will have nothing to depend on and die.
Are parasites good?
A parasite lives in a close relationship with another organism, its host, and causes it harm. The parasite is dependent on its host for its life functions. If it did help the host, then it would be a symbiotic relationship which benefits both organisms.
What do you call the habitat of a parasite?
The habitat of a parasite is called a host. The host provides the environment for the parasite to live, feed, and reproduce.
What is an organism that lives in or on a host cell?
A parasite is an organism that lives in or on a host cell. Parasites rely on the host for nutrients and can cause harm to the host they live in. Examples include Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria, and tapeworms.
Can a parasite be a pathogen?
Parasite is an organism, that lives off another organism. Pathogen is something that causes disease in another organism. So the answer is "Yes". eg Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite.
What organism lives on or in host at the expense of that host is called?
Living at the others expense would be a parasite
Any organism that lives on or in a host at the expense of that host?
Parasite. It is an organism that benefits by deriving nutrients at the expense of its host, which can cause harm to the host.
What is a parasite, and how does it harm the host organism it lives on or in?
A parasite is an organism that lives on or inside another organism, known as the host, and relies on the host for its survival. Parasites harm the host by feeding on its nutrients, tissues, or blood, which can weaken the host, cause disease, and even lead to death in severe cases.
What is the relationship in which bacteria harm its host?
The answer is parasitism, because parasites harm their host.
What is the difference between a parasite and a host?
A host is an organism that the parasite lives on. In other words the parasite may use the host's resources in a negative way. For example: A tick living off the blood of a human. The tick is the parasite and the human is the host. The tick lives off the blood of the human.
Why is the animal or plant in which a parasite causes disease called a host?
Because, the animal acts as a host for the parasite. Also, the parasite acts as a guest so it's only right that the animal/plant is called the host.
