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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. On what continent is there a species of ants that can explode their abdomens in a suicidal attempt to entrap their predators?
(a) Asia.
(b) Antarctica.
(c) Africa.
(d) North America.

2. How do most Idaho harvester ants die?
(a) Fighting with other ant colonies.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Genetic disease.
(d) Dehydration.

3. Which of the following is NOT a segment in an ant's body?
(a) The petiole.
(b) The gaster.
(c) The kampf.
(d) The alitrunk.

4. Which of the following procedures is NOT altered when an individual undergoes sociogenesis?
(a) Behavior.
(b) Sexual fertility.
(c) Caste.
(d) Physical location.

5. What happens to the offspring of a queen when she is forced into a polygyny society?
(a) The number of her offspring is unaffected.
(b) The number of her offspring decreases.
(c) She will no longer produce offspring.
(d) The number of her offspring increases.

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 physical attributes signifies a queen within a swarm of ants?

3. What happens in during pleometriosis?

4. Which of the following scientists pointed out that colonies of social insects tend to be more harmonious when the members are all closely related?

5. Which of the following is NOT a ways Wilson describes foreign ants being treated?

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