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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 Symbioses Among Ant Species.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following types of symbiosis does NOT deal with nest sharing?
(a) Inquilinism.
(b) Plesiobiosis.
(c) Lestobiosis.
(d) Cleptobiosis.

2. What type of weather facilitates the introduction of parasitic queens?
(a) Humid weather.
(b) Cool weather.
(c) Sunny weather.
(d) Stormy weather.

3. Which of the following species of ants performed poorest during a study of group transportation?
(a) Ponerinae.
(b) Leptanillinae.
(c) Ecitoninae.
(d) Dorylinae.

4. Which of the following scientists was the first to discover the glandular source of colony odor?
(a) Vander Meer.
(b) Morel.
(c) Jaffe.
(d) Blum.

5. How long does it take a foreign ant to produce a new colony odor?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 40 days.
(d) 5 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered the final stage of a mature ant colony?

2. Which of the following types of ants maintain many different nests although they only live in one at a time?

3. Which of the following groups within an ant colony produces the strongest identification odor?

4. Which of the following ant hormones is found in many vegetable oils?

5. What does the stridulatory organ in an ant's anatomy do?

(see the answer key)

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