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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Queen Numbers and Domination.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Paratrechina longicornis"?
(a) Timid ants.
(b) Ugly ants.
(c) Crazy ants.
(d) Fat ants.

2. What percentage of ant colonies are lost due to ground-feeding birds?
(a) 80 percent.
(b) 40 percent.
(c) 20 percent.
(d) 60 percent.

3. Which of the following is NOT a system of kin recognition listed in the novel?
(a) Sensual Recognition.
(b) Recognition by Association.
(c) Spatial Distribution.
(d) Allelic Recognition.

4. According to the study completed in 1984, what other function do the odor glands fulfill in ant colonies?
(a) Nesting map.
(b) Food storage.
(c) Enemy alarm.
(d) Water preservation.

5. How many times their own body weight do Idaho harvester ants retrieve during their lifetime?
(a) 20 times their body weight.
(b) Twice their body weight.
(c) 200 times their body weight.
(d) 2000 times their body weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following are used by worker ants to stimulate new larvae growth?

2. Which of the following scientists was the first to discover the glandular source of colony odor?

3. What happens in during pleometriosis?

4. Who removes a newly fertilized queen ant's wings?

5. What happens to the offspring of a queen when she is forced into a polygyny society?

(see the answer key)

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