alleryStart learning →Gut organisms help a termite digest wood and receive food and shelter. Both benefit. This is:
Aparasitism
Bpredation
Ccompetition
Dsymbiosis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. symbiosis
The termite and its gut organisms form a close association benefiting both partners.
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