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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Queen Numbers and Domination.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is morphogenesis?
(a) The procedure through which folic acid becomes nitrogen.
(b) The procedure through which eggs are fertilized.
(c) The procedure through which cells divide.
(d) The procedure through which embryos become adults.

3. Which of the following ants are considered most altruistic?
(a) Male drone workers.
(b) Larvae.
(c) Nonreproductive.
(d) Queens.

4. What is considered the final stage of a mature ant colony?
(a) The Ergonomic Stage.
(b) The Founding Stage.
(c) The Virgin Stage.
(d) The Reproductive Stage.

5. During what era did Crozier argue that scientists should not "discard kin selection in favor of parental manipulation" altering the way most scientists deal with kin selection?
(a) 1970's.
(b) 2000's.
(c) 1990's.
(d) 1980's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many levels of genealogical relationships do sweat bees have with one another?

2. What is the fastest way to increase the size of an ant colony?

3. How long do Idaho harvester ants typically live after they begin foraging?

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a system of kin recognition listed in the novel?

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