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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. Which of the following acts is NOT part of the Founding Stage in an ant colony?
(a) Mating.
(b) Foraging for food.
(c) Rearing young.
(d) Constructing a nest.

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

3. How long can Queen Formica ants live underwater if submerged?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two minutes.
(d) Two hours.

4. Which of the following is NOT part of an ant's head?
(a) The median seta.
(b) The clypeal carina.
(c) The lateral setae.
(d) The mesothoracic spiracle.

5. Which of the following scientists was the first to discover the glandular source of colony odor?
(a) Jaffe.
(b) Blum.
(c) Vander Meer.
(d) Morel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered the final stage of a mature 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. How long does it take a foreign ant to produce a new colony odor?

4. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?

5. Which of the following ant hormones is found in many vegetable oils?

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