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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do sweat bees primarily burrow?

2. Which of the following is NOT a group of insects?

3. Which of the following is NOT a theory of polygynus discussed in the novel?

4. What is polyethism?

5. Which of the following physical attributes signifies a queen within a swarm of ants?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do ant colonies treat foreign ants that wander in the nest?

2. What controversy surrounds the ant fossil discovered in the Victoria, Australia by Jell and Duncan in 1986?

3. What happens during the reproductive stage of an ant colony?

4. What factors affect the success of foraging within an ant colony?

5. How is altruistic behavior in ant colonies defined?

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

7. How is ant communication categorized?

8. What defense mechanism is unique to the Asian ant species known as Camponotus Saundersi?

9. What are "Tramp Species" of ants?

10. What are "sibling species?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many field studies have been done in regards to the symbiotic relationships ants have with their own, and alien species in the wild. Explain how a symbiotic relationship is defined. Give one example of a symbiotic relationship between differing ant species. Finally, give at least one example of a symbiotic relationship between and ant and alien species in the wild.

Essay Topic 2

The final chapter of the text is extremely informative in the process of collecting, preserving, and studying ant species. Describe the proper process for collecting ant species from the wild and transporting them back to the study lab. Explain the proper process for preserving ants for museum work. Finally, explain the proper process for transporting entire colonies from one nest to another.

Essay Topic 3

There is a long process involved with identifying ant species throughout the world. Explain the steps to proper identification of a new ant species. Explain why it is so difficult for scientists to identify new ant species. How many ant species are believed to be unidentified throughout the scientific world?

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