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What is common to the following: mistletoe, dodder, tapeworm, roundworm?
(a) All of them have a symbiotic relationship with a plant.
(b) All of them are types of lichens.
(c) All of them are parasites.
(d) All of them can prepare their own food.

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(c) All of them are parasites.
Mistletoe, dodder, tapeworm and roundworm cannot make their own food and they live on hosts. Hence, they are parasites.

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