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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. What gender of ants typically makes up an ant colony?
(a) Colonies are split between male and female ants.
(b) Colonies are mostly male.
(c) Colonies are mostly female.
(d) Colonies are mostly sexless.

2. What is the scientific name for the first generation of workers?
(a) Dinmis.
(b) Binmis.
(c) Minmis.
(d) Finmis.

3. In the woodlands of New England, ants move as much soil as what other insect?
(a) Scarab Beetles.
(b) Earthworms.
(c) Centipedes.
(d) Armadillidiidae.

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

5. Which of the following are used by worker ants to stimulate new larvae growth?
(a) Pheromones.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Sodium.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many grades does Evans give for the behavior variation of ants?

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

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

5. How do ants communicate?

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