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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 Symbioses Between Ants and Plants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Creighton create his useful review of "Ants North of Mexico"?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1950.

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

3. How is dulosis defined?
(a) Brooding.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Foraging.
(d) Reproduction.

4. For which of the following activities is communication most important within an ant colony?
(a) Protection.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Reproduction.

5. What is the fastest way to increase the size of an ant colony?
(a) Increase the number of workers.
(b) Increase the number of queens.
(c) Increase the number of female ants.
(d) Increase the number of male ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?

2. What does a "true ectoparasite" feed off?

3. According to Pisarski's classification, what tier of workers will fight with alien workers?

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a method of foraging discussed in this novel?

(see the answer key)

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