Plants that derive some or all the nutritional requirement from another living plant are ________.

saprotrophic

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parasitic

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autotrophic

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insectivorous

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Solution

The correct option is B parasitic
Plants that derive some or all their nutritional requirements from another living plant are termed parasitic in nature. These plants live on the host plants and complete their nutritional requirement by sucking the nutrients from the host plant. E.g. Cuscuta.

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A plant which lives on another plant, obtains nutrition from that plant and deprives it of its valuable nutrients is called ________ .

Give reasons :

(a) Plants cannot move from one place to another.

(b) Death occurs in all living things.

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