Ascaris belongs to phylum Nematoda or aschelminthes (Roundworm)
Taenia is a tapeworm or platyhelminthes
Ascaris is also known as small intestinal worms. It is usually found in warm places.
But tapeworm found in damp and moist places
Both are parasite.
But ascaris can cause disease by lack of clean water while taenia divides or lay eggs after successfully attached to the body part of any animal or organism.
Answer: A primary consumer that obtains its energy from the consumption of plants
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Explanation: This is the only option that makes sense. A monarch is not a producer since it is not a plant. A monarch is not a decomposer of course. Why is it a primary consumer? because monarchs eat from a plant and then are eaten by a secondary consumer.