Question

2. Distinguish between a parasite and a saprotroph.​

Answer 1

Parasites are organisms that depend upon another organism (host) for food and cause harmful effects or dieseases to the host. Examples: Cuscuta (Amarbel), mosquitoes and head lice. saprotrophs are orgnisms that obtain nutrition from dead and decaying organic matter. Examples: Fungi and some bacteria.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation: parasites= they lives on other plant or animal and also absorbs their nutrition from them.

1. Sometimes they cause diseases.

Saprotrophic = an organisation which gets their organic matter from dead and decaying organisms.

1. They don't cause diseases