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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18 The Harvesting Ants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT part of an ant's head?
(a) The lateral setae.
(b) The mesothoracic spiracle.
(c) The median seta.
(d) The clypeal carina.

2. What shape does an ant garden typically take?
(a) Triangular.
(b) Rectangular.
(c) Round.
(d) Square.

3. What are thermophilic ants drawn to?
(a) Light.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Water.
(d) Heat.

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a criterion used to decide that an ant colony is a unit rather than a group of individuals?
(a) It shows idiosyncrasies in behavior, size, and structure.
(b) It is precise in execution of planned actions.
(c) It differentiates into germ plasma.
(d) It undergoes an adaptive cycle of growth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How fast can the desert ant run?

2. Which of the following is NOT an example of ritualized communication?

3. Which of the following types of ants maintain many different nests although they only live in one at a time?

4. How many categories of ant communication are there?

5. Which of the following is NOT an insect phenomenon documented in the opening of this novel?

(see the answer key)

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