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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. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Paratrechina longicornis"?
(a) Crazy ants.
(b) Ugly ants.
(c) Fat ants.
(d) Timid ants.

2. How many life cycle stages do all ant colonies go through?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

3. Which of the following was the first scientist to discuss kin selection in ants?
(a) Michener.
(b) Hamilton.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Lin.

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

5. Which of the following ant hormones is found in many vegetable oils?
(a) Lasius Niger.
(b) Triolein.
(c) Acromyrmex.
(d) Tapinorma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do sweat bees primarily burrow?

3. Which of the following is NOT a segment in an ant's body?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways biomass is measured?

5. How many queens are present in a Monogyny ant colony?

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