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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. What is the scientific name for the first generation of workers?
(a) Dinmis.
(b) Minmis.
(c) Binmis.
(d) Finmis.

2. Which of the following worlds does Wilson claim that ants run?
(a) All of the above.
(b) The terrestrial world.
(c) The coastal world.
(d) The aquatic world.

3. Where do sweat bees primarily burrow?
(a) Near water.
(b) In garbage dumps.
(c) In trees.
(d) Underground.

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

5. How long do Idaho harvester ants typically live after they begin foraging?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many species of ants were represented in the ant mosaic of Queensland, Australia?

2. How much of the Amazon rainforest is composed of ants and other insects?

3. During what era did Crozier argue that scientists should not "discard kin selection in favor of parental manipulation" altering the way most scientists deal with kin selection?

4. How many ants are contained in each hectare of soil in the Amazonian rainforest?

5. When did Creighton create his useful review of "Ants North of Mexico"?

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