JAMB Biology 2002 Question 36

Question 36

Animal Nutrition

The mode of nutrition exhibited by a tapeworm is

  1. A.symbiotic
  2. B.saprophytic
  3. C.parasitic
  4. D.holozoic
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Answer: C (parasitic)

Explanation

A tapeworm lives in the intestine of its host and absorbs the host's digested food, harming the host. That is parasitic nutrition.