Question

Define (i) saprophyte, and (ii) parasite. Name two saprophytes and two parasites.

Answer 1

(i) Organisms that obtain their nutrition from dead and decaying plants, animals or organic matter are known as saprophytes. Two saprophytes are mushroom and bread mould.

(ii) Organisms that feed on other living organisms, called hosts, are known as parasites.
Two parasites are Cuscuta and Plasmodium.