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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 scientists solely studied the way harvester ants affected cross-pollination in 1986?
(a) Rissing.
(b) Gould.
(c) Huber.
(d) Wilde.

2. Which of the following is NOT a way ant species deal with their dead?
(a) Discarding the dead.
(b) Abandoning the dead.
(c) Cannibaling the dead.
(d) Burying the dead.

3. How many categories of ant communication are there?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 21.

4. From what gland do ants lay odor trails leading to food sources?
(a) Propharyngeal gland.
(b) Metapleural gland.
(c) Dufour gland.
(d) Maxillary gland.

5. During what season of the year are Solenopsis flies absent from most ecosystems?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?

2. What type of weather facilitates the introduction of parasitic queens?

3. How many times their own body weight do Idaho harvester ants retrieve during their lifetime?

4. Which of the following scientists told the amusing anecdote about ants that stripped a garden overnight?

5. What is another way of defining pheromonal communication?

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