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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 Caste and Division of Labor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms expresses the ideal of group production with the disregard of individual needs?
(a) Tershonomics.
(b) Ergonomics.
(c) Hedonomics.
(d) Fillionomics.

2. Which of the following groups of ants does the least amount of physical work within the colony?
(a) Fertile female ants.
(b) Sterile female ants.
(c) Queen ants.
(d) Male ants.

3. Of all the landscapes explored in the opening of this novel, which landscape has the highest density of ants per hectare?
(a) The Zaire Savannahs.
(b) The Amazonian Rainforest.
(c) The Fittkau Forests.
(d) The Ivory Coast.

4. Which of the following is NOT a category that authors Holldobler and Wilson claim to be extremely complex in ant colonies?
(a) Their communication.
(b) Their social organization.
(c) Their behavior.
(d) Their anatomy.

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason Wilson gives as to how colonies manage their queen numbers?
(a) Reproductive Castration.
(b) Egg Defect.
(c) Emigration.
(d) Physical Elimination.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most Idaho harvester ants die?

2. What percentage of herbaceous plant species are distributed by ants in New York?

3. What do young, nonreproductive ants do with their eggs?

4. Which of the following is NOT a segment in an ant's body?

5. In the woodlands of New England, ants move as much soil as what other insect?

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