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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. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

2. Which of the following is NOT a category that authors Holldobler and Wilson claim to be extremely complex in ant colonies?
(a) Their social organization.
(b) Their behavior.
(c) Their communication.
(d) Their anatomy.

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

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

5. How many life cycle stages do all ant colonies go through?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the focus of the Ergonomic Stage of an ant colony?

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

3. Which of the following are used by worker ants to stimulate new larvae growth?

4. What species of ant carries large quantities of freshly cut vegetation into underground nests as deep as six meters?

5. Who removes a newly fertilized queen ant's wings?

(see the answer key)

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