Directions: Each of the following passages in this section has some blank spaces with four words or groups of words given. Select whichever word or group of words you consider most appropriate for theblank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet  accordingly.
Comprehension - II
Ecology, in a very simple term, is a science that_________1.\ (a) studies\(b)study\(c)studying\(d) exploring the interdepdent mutually reactive and interconnected relationships____________2. \(a) among\(b) between\(c)to\(d)for the organisms and_______3.\(a) their\(b) its\(c)theirs(d) all  physical environment on the one hand and among the organisms on the other hand.______4.\(a)Through\(b)In spite of \(c)Though\(d) because German biologist German biologist Ernst Haeckel in 1869, a few conceptual terms_______5.\(a) are\(b) were\(c) have been\(d) have already proposed to reveal relationships_________6.\ (a) among\(b) those\(c) of\(d) between organisms and their environment. For example, French zoologist I. G. Hilaire used the term 'ethology'_________7.\(a) for\(b) to \(c) with \(d) in  the study of the relations of __________8.\(a) the\(b) a \(c) live\(d)dead organisms within the family and society in the aggregate and in the community. British naturalist St. George Jackson Mivart proposed the term 'hexicology with regard to the study of the relations______9. \(a) for\(b) of\(c) within\(d) in  living creatures to other organisms and their environment as regards the nature of the locality they frequent, the temperatures and the ___________10.\(a) amount \(b) focus\(c) share\ (d) quality of light which suit them, and their relations to other organisms as enemies, rivals, or accidental and involuntary benefactors.