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

2. Which of the following words is used to describe an ant swarm?
(a) Divouac.
(b) Givouac.
(c) Tivouac.
(d) Bivouac.

3. How old must an Eciton army ant be to reach sexual maturity?
(a) At least one week old.
(b) At least one month old.
(c) At least one year old.
(d) At least one day old.

4. Which of the following scientists was NOT involved in the study of hierarchical competition?
(a) Marikovsky.
(b) Kazcmarek.
(c) Loeschcke.
(d) Yasuno.

5. How many queen ants do the Formica Yessensis of Japan have in one colony?
(a) One queen.
(b) Millions of queens.
(c) Thousands of queens.
(d) Hundreds of queens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in during pleometriosis?

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

3. What month of the year is considered the "nuptial flight" month for ant species?

4. What part of their body do army ants link to create a chain, or barrier?

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

(see the answer key)

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