The term "domestication" refers to

A) making water flow to new places

B) finding and killing food to benefit humanity

C) when a society learns to make letters and form an alphabet

D) changing the behavior of plants and animals to benefit humans

D, domestication is changing behavior of plants or animals to benefit humans

D. Changing the behavior of plants and animals to benefit humans

Explanation:

do·mes·ti·ca·tion

/dəˌmestəˈkāSH (ə) n/

noun

noun: domestication; plural noun: domestications

the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm.

"domestication of animals lies at the heart of human civilization"

or the cultivation of a plant for food.

"this book covers the evolution and domestication of six important cereal crops"

Source: Oxford Dictionary