Question

A tapeworm attaches to the wall of its host’s intestine and starts to absorb the host’s nutrients. Eventually this can cause great harm to the host as the host loses many important nutrients.

Which type of infectious agent is a tapeworm?

a virus
a bacterium
a fungus
a parasite

Answer 1

D) A Parasite

Step-by-step explanation:

It said in the lesson: Parasite - an organism that lives on/in another organism and harms it

And this is what the tapeworm is doing.

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Answer 2

a parasite

Step-by-step explanation:

this is because it survives within other organisms, known as the host.