Examples of the impact of organisms on the environment.

For example, you can take small insects – termites. These insects can turn a tree into one of their tall “colony castles” in one year. So a large colony of termites can turn a small area of forest into a desert in ten years, in which only termite mounds will rise. Some types of termites can even grow mushrooms on their own feces, which are then collected for eating. After the termite eats the fungus, the spores of the fungus remain intact and germinate in the animal’s feces.