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

2. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Harvard.

3. How are alien species treated when they enter the nest?
(a) They are welcomed.
(b) They are forced out.
(c) They are ignored.
(d) They are killed.

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason for nest migration that Wilson describes in this text?
(a) Predation.
(b) Flooding.
(c) Overcrowding.
(d) Climate change.

5. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Monomorium pharanaomis"?
(a) Cleopatra's ants.
(b) Pharaoh's ants.
(c) Queen's ants.
(d) Sphynx ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the study completed in 1984, what other function do the odor glands fulfill in ant colonies?

2. Which of the following procedures is NOT altered when an individual undergoes sociogenesis?

3. How old is the oldest ant fossil found to date?

4. Which of the following are used by worker ants to stimulate new larvae growth?

5. Which of the following was the first scientist to discuss kin selection in ants?

(see the answer key)

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