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What is an organisms that absorbs food from the host on which it lives?
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Minerva Orn
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Parasites such as tapeworms and mosquitoes live on or in another living organism (called the host) from which they obtain food.
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Tapeworms absorb food from the host's intestine through their?
The tapeworm does not have a mouth or digestive system so it absorbs food from the host's intestine through its skin.
Organisms that eat other organisms for nutrients?
Are called parasites. A Parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host body it doesn't actually eat the host. A Predator eats its prey. Scavengers also eat other organisms.
What are total parasites?
Total parasite can be define as a dodder plant that absorbs water,mineral as well as food for them to feed on the host of the plant for its food
Is dodder a saprophyte?
Dodder is a total parasite . It is because the dodder plants absorbs water,mineral as well as food from the host. A partial parasite absorbs only water and minerals from the host as partial parasites contain chlorophyll.
How do most fungi get their food?
Fungi get their food from either dead and decaying organisms or they live off another living organisms nutrients. This can be in the form of parasitism (harming the host), commensalism (not helping or hurting the host), or mutualism (where both the host and the fungi receive a benefit from the partnership). Mutualism is also termed as symbiosis. Fungi do not have chlorophyll to create their own food for like plants.
Tapeworms absorb food from the host's intestine through their?
The tapeworm does not have a mouth or digestive system so it absorbs food from the host's intestine through its skin.
Organisms that eat other organisms for nutrients?
Are called parasites. A Parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host body it doesn't actually eat the host. A Predator eats its prey. Scavengers also eat other organisms.
What are total parasites?
Total parasite can be define as a dodder plant that absorbs water,mineral as well as food for them to feed on the host of the plant for its food
What is an internal parasite?
An external parasite is an organism that lives on another organism. The external parasite depends on its host for food and shelter while the host is usually harmed.
Is dodder a saprophyte?
Dodder is a total parasite . It is because the dodder plants absorbs water,mineral as well as food from the host. A partial parasite absorbs only water and minerals from the host as partial parasites contain chlorophyll.
How do most fungi get their food?
Fungi get their food from either dead and decaying organisms or they live off another living organisms nutrients. This can be in the form of parasitism (harming the host), commensalism (not helping or hurting the host), or mutualism (where both the host and the fungi receive a benefit from the partnership). Mutualism is also termed as symbiosis. Fungi do not have chlorophyll to create their own food for like plants.
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.
Why would it bad for the parasite if it killed the plant or animal it lives on?
Because it would deprive itself of its food-source. Parasites thrive by feeding off a 'host' - rather than catching their own food. If they kill off the host - they either have to find another host - or die !
How does a mushroom use a dead log for food that it is living on?
This is a type of symbiosis called Commensalism. That is where the the symbiont benefits with little effect on the host.
How do dodder plants obtain their food?
It develops special roots which penetrate into the host plant. The food is generally stored in the stem or the roots of the plant.A dodder is a parasitic plant without chlorophyll. It obtains its food by twining around host plants (clovers, alfalfa, and lespedeza), and sending root-like projections into their stems.
How does a dodder plant get nutrients?
It develops special roots which penetrate into the host plant. The food is generally stored in the stem or the roots of the plant.A dodder is a parasitic plant without chlorophyll. It obtains its food by twining around host plants (clovers, alfalfa, and lespedeza), and sending root-like projections into their stems.
What do you call an organisms that live on or in a host and cause harm to the host?
Parasite
