Question

instructions
read the passage(s) below and answer the question based on what is stated or implied in the passage(s) and in any introductory material that may be provided.
passage
deborah gordon, a biologist at stanford university, studies ant colonies in the arizona desert to find how they manage to accomplish complex tasks with no language and no hierarchical leadership system.
she has found out the ants use simple interactions that can be combined to carry out much more complex tasks. gordon calls this network the internet and believes the way it works could help us understand how information spreads, from how data is transferred over the internet to the workings of our brains.
from bbc future, \decoding the internet of ants.\ ©2015 by bbc.
question
which of the following best describes what the antemet means as it is used in the passage?
a rating system gordon created to measure the level of complexity of the tasks ants undertake
the neural paths in ant brains that gordon found were responsible for forager ant behavior
the hierarchical leadership system that gordon identified among the ants she studies in arizona
a term gordon uses to refer to the network of interactions ants use to complete complex tasks

Explanation:

The passage states that Gordon calls the network of ants' simple interactions that combine to carry out complex tasks 'the antemnet'.

Answer:

D. A term Gordon uses to refer to the network of interactions ants use to complete complex tasks