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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many queen ants do the Formica Yessensis of Japan have in one colony?
(a) Millions of queens.
(b) Hundreds of queens.
(c) Thousands of queens.
(d) One queen.

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

3. In the woodlands of New England, ants move as much soil as what other insect?
(a) Earthworms.
(b) Armadillidiidae.
(c) Centipedes.
(d) Scarab Beetles.

4. Which of the following scientists was the first to discover the glandular source of colony odor?
(a) Morel.
(b) Vander Meer.
(c) Blum.
(d) Jaffe.

5. Which of the following is NOT a way ant species deal with their dead?
(a) Discarding the dead.
(b) Burying the dead.
(c) Cannibaling the dead.
(d) Abandoning the dead.

6. Which of the following was NOT an achievement obtained in the goal toward understanding reductionism?
(a) The rearing of isolated ant larvae.
(b) The perception of heterarchical organization.
(c) The activation of social behavioral response.
(d) The simulation of nest building.

7. Which of the following species of ants performed poorest during a study of group transportation?
(a) Ponerinae.
(b) Leptanillinae.
(c) Ecitoninae.
(d) Dorylinae.

8. Which of the following is NOT a concern for major workers?
(a) Self-grooming.
(b) Trophallaxis.
(c) Milling.
(d) Food storage.

9. What does the stridulatory organ in an ant's anatomy do?
(a) Vibrates with sound.
(b) Emits odors.
(c) Processes scent.
(d) Makes sound.

10. Who removes a newly fertilized queen ant's wings?
(a) She removes them herself.
(b) Her wings dissolve after fertilization.
(c) Her partner removes them.
(d) Her young remove them.

11. How fast can the desert ant run?
(a) 10 meters per minute.
(b) 1 meter per minute.
(c) 10 meters per second.
(d) 1 meter per second.

12. Through what body part do ants emit pheromones?
(a) Antennae.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Glands.
(d) Exoskeleton.

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

14. How many grades does Evans give for the behavior variation of ants?
(a) 19.
(b) 32.
(c) 13.
(d) 27.

15. What happens when a queen ant is found to be infertile?
(a) She is killed.
(b) She is ignored.
(c) She is expelled from the colony.
(d) She becomes a worker ant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long can Queen Formica ants live underwater if submerged?

2. Which of the following is NOT a group of insects?

3. For which of the following activities is communication most important within an ant colony?

4. Which of the following is NOT a category that authors Holldobler and Wilson claim to be extremely complex in ant colonies?

5. What differentiates aldates from other ants in a colony?

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