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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. Where do sweat bees primarily burrow?
(a) Near water.
(b) In trees.
(c) Underground.
(d) In garbage dumps.

2. Which of the following species of ants is known to cover their queen during immigration from one nest to another?
(a) Leaf cutter ants.
(b) African weaver ants.
(c) Driver ants.
(d) Haploid number ants.

3. How much of the Amazon rainforest is composed of ants and other insects?
(a) One-third.
(b) All of it.
(c) One-fourth.
(d) One-half.

4. What is morphogenesis?
(a) The procedure through which eggs are fertilized.
(b) The procedure through which cells divide.
(c) The procedure through which embryos become adults.
(d) The procedure through which folic acid becomes nitrogen.

5. Which of the following is NOT a ways Wilson describes foreign ants being treated?
(a) They are pestered with constant nipping and leg pulling.
(b) They are forced to lock mandibles in a dual.
(c) They are killed.
(d) They are accepted, but withheld food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a theory associated with sociobiology?

2. What do young, nonreproductive ants do with their eggs?

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

4. Which of the following ants are considered most altruistic?

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason for nest migration that Wilson describes in this text?

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