Q2. DEFINE:
a) Autotrophs
b) Parasitic
c) Host
d) Nutrition
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Answer:
a) An autotroph or primary producer is an organism that produces complex organic compounds using carbon from simple substances such as carbon dioxide, generally using energy from light or inorganic chemical reactions.
b) A plant or an animal organism that lives in or on another and takes its nourishment from that other organism. Parasitic diseases include infections that are due to protozoa, helminths, or arthropods.
c) an animal or plant on or in which a parasite or commensal organism lives.
d) the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
Answer:
a)autotrophs_-: an organism capable of synthesizing is own food.
b) parasites-:organism that live one other plants and they get nutrition from their host s body
c) host-:it is the body from which the parasites get nutrition and their food.
d) nutrition-:the process of taking food and using it for repair,growth and metabolism.