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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Colony Odor and Kin Recognition.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following species of ants is known to cover their queen during immigration from one nest to another?
(a) Driver ants.
(b) Haploid number ants.
(c) Leaf cutter ants.
(d) African weaver ants.

2. How do most Idaho harvester ants die?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Genetic disease.
(c) Fighting with other ant colonies.
(d) Dehydration.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT part of an ant's head?
(a) The mesothoracic spiracle.
(b) The median seta.
(c) The clypeal carina.
(d) The lateral setae.

5. How old is the oldest ant fossil found to date?
(a) 800 million years old.
(b) 8 million years old.
(c) 80 million years old.
(d) 18 million years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the focus of the Ergonomic Stage of an ant colony?

3. Which of the following groups within an ant colony produces the strongest identification odor?

4. What is morphogenesis?

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

(see the answer key)

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