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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. What is the smallest collection of ants that can still be considered a colony?
(a) 500.
(b) 50.
(c) 5000.
(d) Five.

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

3. Which of the following groups within an ant colony produces the strongest identification odor?
(a) Larvae ants.
(b) Queen ants.
(c) Worker ants.
(d) Sexually mature ants.

4. Which of the following lands is NOT free of ant species?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Polynesia.
(d) Tahiti.

5. How are alien species treated when they enter the nest?
(a) They are forced out.
(b) They are ignored.
(c) They are killed.
(d) They are welcomed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many levels of genealogical relationships do sweat bees have with one another?

2. How many times their own body weight do Idaho harvester ants retrieve during their lifetime?

3. Which of the following scientists pointed out that colonies of social insects tend to be more harmonious when the members are all closely related?

4. According to the study completed in 1984, what other function do the odor glands fulfill in ant colonies?

5. How many ants are contained in each hectare of soil in the Amazonian rainforest?

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