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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. What is morphogenesis?
(a) The procedure through which embryos become adults.
(b) The procedure through which folic acid becomes nitrogen.
(c) The procedure through which eggs are fertilized.
(d) The procedure through which cells divide.

2. Which of the following is NOT a phase of colony defense?
(a) Contact.
(b) Absconding.
(c) Recruitment.
(d) Alarm.

3. How many queens are present in a Monogyny ant colony?
(a) Over ten queens.
(b) Over one hundred queens.
(c) One queen.
(d) Two queens.

4. What are gamergates?
(a) Female larvae.
(b) Sterile female ants.
(c) Fertile female ants.
(d) All young female ants.

5. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Monomorium pharanaomis"?
(a) Queen's ants.
(b) Cleopatra's ants.
(c) Pharaoh's ants.
(d) Sphynx ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of insects uses kin recognition similar to ants?

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

3. What part of milling-major heads are adapted for their work?

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason Wilson gives as to how colonies manage their queen numbers?

5. Which of the following was the first scientist to discuss kin selection in ants?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do ant colonies succeed in securing true slavery?

2. What realization did scientists make about the Myrmica ants ability to differentiate larvae from eggs?

3. What are "sibling species?"

4. How do Idaho harvester ants exhibit altruistic behavior?

5. Why are extra queens often considered an unnecessary burden within a colony?

6. How did the study of swallows affect the way scientists viewed spatial distribution?

7. What is the most common form of communication between ants, and how is it expressed?

8. What malleable criteria were used to decide that ant colonies were units rather than large groups of individuals?

9. What happens during the ergonomic stage of an ant colony?

10. How is ant communication categorized?

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