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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 The Army Ants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following countries is the Eciton Burchelli army ant NOT found?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Peru.

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

3. What happens when a queen ant is found to be infertile?
(a) She is expelled from the colony.
(b) She is killed.
(c) She becomes a worker ant.
(d) She is ignored.

4. Which of the following is NOT a theory of polygynus discussed in the novel?
(a) Colony Fusion.
(b) Twin Birth.
(c) Queen Adoption.
(d) Pleometriosis.

5. What percentage of ant colonies are lost due to ground-feeding birds?
(a) 40 percent.
(b) 60 percent.
(c) 20 percent.
(d) 80 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pisarski's classification, what tier of workers will fight with alien workers?

2. In what country did scientists Vepsalainen and Pisarski devise a three-tiered classification for hierarchical competition?

3. How many species of army ants can be found in "The New World"?

4. How many queens are present in a Monogyny ant colony?

5. What happens in during pleometriosis?

(see the answer key)

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