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Organisms like cuscuta (amar-bel), ticks, and tapeworms that derive nutrition from other living organisms without immediately killing them show which type of nutrition?

Question
Organisms like cuscuta (amar-bel), ticks, and tapeworms that derive nutrition from other living organisms without immediately killing them show which type of nutrition?
Saprophytic
Parasitic
Autotrophic
Holozoic
Answer
Parasitic
Detailed Explanation
This is described as a parasitic nutritive strategy, used by organisms like cuscuta, ticks, lice, leeches, and tapeworms.
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