Question

Dodder (Cuscuta) is a plant that attaches itself to the acacia tree, wraps around it, absorbs nutrients from it, and makes it weak. What kind of an interspecies relationship do the dodder and the acacia share?

A.host and commensal, respectively
B.host and parasite relationship, respectively
C.parasite and host relationship, respectively

Answer 1

The dodder and acacia share an inter species relationship described or illustrated in C. Parasite and host relationship, respectively.

Answer 2

The question is asking to choose among the following inter species relationships that the Acacia and the dodder, base on your situation in the problem, would have and base on my research, I would say that the answer would be C. parasite and host relationship, respectively