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Yes. As a multicellular, eukaryotic organism which is in the Kingdom Animalia, a tick is considered an animal. Specifically, it is a member of the phylum Arthropoda, which a classified within the animal kingdom.

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This can be determined through 'Parasitism', where one species benefits (parasite) whilst the other species is harmed (host). When a tick interacts with another species, it gains nutrients, and the other species loses nutrients. This is why a tick is considered a parasite.

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No, a tick is a type of arthropod (I believe its an arachnid). Nematodes are round-worms. Lots of nematodes are parasites to humans

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Yes, it is.

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yes because it feeds of of a hosts blood

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yes

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