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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 genus of ant that participates in polygyny?
(a) Fungeralinae.
(b) Dolichoderinae.
(c) Myrmeciinae.
(d) Ponerianae.

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

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

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways biomass is measured?
(a) Collecting.
(b) Drying.
(c) Weighing.
(d) Photographing.

5. How old is the oldest ant fossil found to date?
(a) 80 million years old.
(b) 8 million years old.
(c) 18 million years old.
(d) 800 million years old.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason Wilson gives as to how colonies manage their queen numbers?

5. What differentiates aldates from other ants in a colony?

(see the answer key)

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