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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. What is modulatory communication?
(a) Communication to the queen.
(b) Communication in regards to alien attack.
(c) Communication meant to alter another's behavior.
(d) Communication for the purpose of reproduction.

2. How is dulosis defined?
(a) Foraging.
(b) Reproduction.
(c) Brooding.
(d) Slavery.

3. How many levels of genealogical relationships do sweat bees have with one another?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

4. What does the stridulatory organ in an ant's anatomy do?
(a) Emits odors.
(b) Vibrates with sound.
(c) Makes sound.
(d) Processes scent.

5. Which of the following is NOT a factor distracting from optimal foraging within an ant colony?
(a) Predators.
(b) Weather.
(c) Competition.
(d) Accidents.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of the ant's anatomy are the unicellular glands?

2. How fast can the desert ant run?

3. Which of the following types of symbiosis does NOT deal with nest sharing?

4. Which of the following scientists was the first to discover the glandular source of colony odor?

5. What gender of ants typically makes up an ant colony?

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