What word most accurately describes roundworms?
A Predatory
B Sessile
C Asymmetric
D Common
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A) Predatory
Explanation:
- Roundworms is part of the "phylum Nematoda". They have a "hydrostatic skeleton" & "pseudocoelom". Their body is "encompassed" with "tough cuticle".
- "Free-living roundworms" inhabit "freshwater & marine" environments. Parasitic roundworms usually "live off their hosts' & have several hosts, including "humans".
- Roundworms are "cylindrical unsegmented" worms & have "bilateral symmetry" (mouth area, jaws, spines & other structures). Most free living roundworms are predatory
- Several free-living (round worm) "nematodes" are "predatory carnivores" that may have "feeding teeth" or a "spearlike", long, structure to "suck/stab" their juices from their prey.
- Roundworms feed on living and dead organic matter like small animals/ diatoms, bacteria, algae, & fungi, including other worms. Some "eat plants" by piercing the root/stem & the contents are sucked out .
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