Roundworms live in an organism's intestines, and usually cause disease. The relationship between the roundworm and the organism in which it lives is BEST described as a

A) Consumer-producer relationship

B) predator-prey relationship

C) parasite-host relationship

D) consumer-decomposer relationship

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Roundworms live in an organism's intestines, and usually cause disease. The relationship between the roundworm and the organism in which it lives is BEST described as a

A) Consumer-producer relationship

B) predator-prey relationship

C) parasite-host relationship

D) consumer-decomposer relationship

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Wagner · Answer 1

Answer:C

Parasite host relationship

Explanation:a parasite is an organism that lives in or on another organism reffered to as the host, it benefits from the host and causes harm to the host.

The roundworm gets food from the host and causes ascaris in the host

Roundworms live in an organism's intestines, and usually cause disease. The relationship between the roundworm and the organism in which it lives is BEST described as aA) Consumer-producer relationshipB) predator-prey relationshipC) parasite-host relationshipD) consumer-decomposer relationship