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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 percentage of ant colonies are lost due to ground-feeding birds?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 60 percent.
(c) 80 percent.
(d) 40 percent.

2. What differentiates aldates from other ants in a colony?
(a) Reproductive organs.
(b) Wings.
(c) Long antennae.
(d) Coloration.

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

4. How many grades does Evans give for the behavior variation of ants?
(a) 27.
(b) 32.
(c) 13.
(d) 19.

5. What is the smallest collection of ants that can still be considered a colony?
(a) Five.
(b) 500.
(c) 50.
(d) 5000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a theory of polygynus discussed in the novel?

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

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

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

5. What happens in during pleometriosis?

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