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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 Colony Odor and Kin Recognition.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following procedures is NOT altered when an individual undergoes sociogenesis?
(a) Physical location.
(b) Behavior.
(c) Caste.
(d) Sexual fertility.

3. What differentiates aldates from other ants in a colony?
(a) Coloration.
(b) Wings.
(c) Long antennae.
(d) Reproductive organs.

4. 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) Hung.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Bier.
(d) Goetsch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following lands is NOT free of ant species?

2. Which of the following elements was brought by ants to the Amazon rainforest?

3. On what continent is there a species of ants that can explode their abdomens in a suicidal attempt to entrap their predators?

4. Which of the following is NOT a group of insects?

5. Which of the following groups within an ant colony produces the strongest identification odor?

(see the answer key)

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