Mound-building macrotermites live in very hot and arid environments. They build mound structures that resemble chimneys and that can reach heights of up to several meters. The mounds act like lungs, facilitating gas exchange within the tunnels of the underground colony, using solar heat to drive internal air currents. According to biomimicry principles, which of the following best depicts the function, biological strategy, and context of these termites?
| a. | The context is the use of solar heat to drive internal air currents, the function is to build mounds that can survive hot and arid environments, and the biological strategy is creating an underground colony by building tunnels | |
| b. | The context is the mound that the termites build, the function is to facilitate gas exchange, and the biological strategy is creating tall, chimney-like structures | |
| c. | The context is the hot and arid environment where the macrotermites live, the function is to facilitate gas exchange, and the biological strategy is building mounds that use solar heat to drive internal air currents | |
| d. | The context is the facilitation of gas exchange, the function is building tunnels to form an underground colony, and the biological strategy is creating chimneys that act like lungs | |
| e. | The context is the tunnels of the underground colony, the function is to use solar heat to drive internal air currents, and the biological strategy is avoiding the hot and arid conditions |