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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following is NOT a system of kin recognition listed in the novel?
(a) Sensual Recognition.
(b) Spatial Distribution.
(c) Allelic Recognition.
(d) Recognition by Association.
2. What percentage of ant colonies are lost due to ground-feeding birds?
(a) 40 percent.
(b) 60 percent.
(c) 20 percent.
(d) 80 percent.
3. Which of the following is NOT a method of foraging discussed in this novel?
(a) Group retrieval.
(b) Central-place foraging.
(c) Solitary foraging.
(d) Decay foraging.
4. When did Creighton create his useful review of "Ants North of Mexico"?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1960.
5. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Paratrechina longicornis"?
(a) Fat ants.
(b) Ugly ants.
(c) Timid ants.
(d) Crazy ants.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is another way of defining pheromonal communication?
2. What species of ant carries large quantities of freshly cut vegetation into underground nests as deep as six meters?
3. What differentiates aldates from other ants in a colony?
4. Which of the following types of ants maintain many different nests although they only live in one at a time?
5. What does the stridulatory organ in an ant's anatomy do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What malleable criteria were used to decide that ant colonies were units rather than large groups of individuals?
2. What happens during the reproductive stage of an ant colony?
3. What happens during the founding stage of an ant colony?
4. What are "Tramp Species" of ants?
5. What happens during the ergonomic stage of an ant colony?
6. How is ant communication categorized?
7. Why are male ants typically neglected in taxonomic studies?
8. How did the study of swallows affect the way scientists viewed spatial distribution?
9. How is the workload divided between major and minor workers?
10. How do Idaho harvester ants exhibit altruistic behavior?
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