Passage Questions
TICO UOL GENETICCO TUTTE LEAL.
"There are also some plants called parasitic plants. They grow on other plants, their
host plants. Parasitic plants actually DO take nutrients from their host plants. Instead
of getting food and water from the soil, parasitic plants have developed roots to cling
to a host plant, pierce through its leaves, stem, or trunk, and suck the nutrients out of
the host. An example of a parasitic plant you might know is mistletoe. Parasitic plants
can kill their host plants if they grow too rapidly."
Based on this evidence, how might a rapidly growing parasitic plant kill its host plant?
A
by sucking too many nutrients out of its host plant
B
by sucking too few nutrients out of its host plant
by preventing the host plant from taking in food and water from the soil
D
by trying to help the host plant take in food and water from the soil