"some plants called epiphytes, or air plants, have adapted to get nutrients from the air. some examples of epiphytes in rainforests are mosses, lichens, and orchids. although they often live on other plants, they don't take any nutrients from the other plants-they get what they need straight from the air with special root systems. 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." why might the author have capitalized the word "do"? a. to point out a similarity b. to make a contrast c. to summarize a process d. to make an argument Get the answer
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