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

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason for nest migration that Wilson describes in this text?
(a) Climate change.
(b) Overcrowding.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Predation.

3. Which of the following scientists pointed out that colonies of social insects tend to be more harmonious when the members are all closely related?
(a) Bier.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Hung.
(d) Goetsch.

4. Which of the following groups within an ant colony produces the strongest identification odor?
(a) Larvae ants.
(b) Queen ants.
(c) Worker ants.
(d) Sexually mature ants.

5. Which of the following is NOT a ways Wilson describes foreign ants being treated?
(a) They are pestered with constant nipping and leg pulling.
(b) They are killed.
(c) They are forced to lock mandibles in a dual.
(d) They are accepted, but withheld food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are alien species treated when they enter the nest?

2. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Paratrechina longicornis"?

3. Which of the following procedures is NOT altered when an individual undergoes sociogenesis?

4. How old is the oldest ant fossil found to date?

5. 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?

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