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Parasites are...

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Parasites are organisms that
(a) live on other organisms.
(b) harm the organisms they live in.
(c) can not make their own food.
(d) all the above.

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(d) all the above
Parasites cannot make their own food. Therefore, they live on other organisms called host. They harm their hosts by obtaining nutrition from them.

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