Atapeworm 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

A parasite.

Explanation: A tapeworm is a parasite which gets attached to the wall of the intestine. The worm absorbs the nutrients from there.

Tapeworms are flat and segmented parasites which can grow from 4 inches to 28 inches. Typically they get attached to the intestinal walls and causes infection of tapeworm.

It can develop into cysticercosis which is known as the infection of the tissues.

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the correct answer is - d. china has a large and growing population.

the fact that china has a large (the biggest) population, and it is still growing, doesn't hinder the agriculture production in the country. in fact, it can for increased production in the agriculture, since there's more labor force, as well the sheer mass of people produces lots of scientists that come up with new inventions as to how to improve this sector. nice example is the inner mongolia region in china, in general dominated by the gobi desert, but few scientist came up with a nice idea as to how to make the region productive by using plants that are very resistant to droughts, so lots of people have been employed, and the region is becoming greener and greener each year, and the production of food in this region is also increasing.