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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 The Colony Life Cycle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many ants are contained in each hectare of soil in the Amazonian rainforest?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 18 million.
(c) 80 million.
(d) 800,000.

2. How do ants communicate?
(a) Through a complex pattern of squeaks.
(b) Through antennae movement.
(c) Ants do not communicate.
(d) Through chemical emissions.

3. When did Creighton create his useful review of "Ants North of Mexico"?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1970.

4. What is considered the final stage of a mature ant colony?
(a) The Founding Stage.
(b) The Virgin Stage.
(c) The Ergonomic Stage.
(d) The Reproductive Stage.

5. What species of ant carries large quantities of freshly cut vegetation into underground nests as deep as six meters?
(a) Pachycondyla.
(b) Acromyrmex.
(c) Cretomyrma.
(d) Solenopsis Invicta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of herbaceous plant species are distributed by ants in New York?

2. Which of the following procedures is NOT altered when an individual undergoes sociogenesis?

3. Which of the following worlds does Wilson claim that ants run?

4. How much of the Amazon rainforest is composed of ants and other insects?

5. Of all the landscapes explored in the opening of this novel, which landscape has the highest density of ants per hectare?

(see the answer key)

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