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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. How many times their own body weight do Idaho harvester ants retrieve during their lifetime?
(a) 2000 times their body weight.
(b) 200 times their body weight.
(c) 20 times their body weight.
(d) Twice their body weight.

2. Which of the following scientists pointed out that colonies of social insects tend to be more harmonious when the members are all closely related?
(a) Goetsch.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Bier.
(d) Hung.

3. Who coined the term "social insects"?
(a) Holldobler.
(b) Wheeler.
(c) Morton.
(d) Wilson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a myrmecophile noted in the text?

2. Which of the following insects are harvested in "ranches" by ants?

3. What month of the year is considered the "nuptial flight" month for ant species?

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

5. How old is the oldest ant fossil found to date?

(see the answer key)

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