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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 do young, nonreproductive ants do with their eggs?
(a) They abandon them.
(b) Nonreproductive ants do not produce eggs.
(c) They bury them.
(d) They feed them to the queen.

2. Which of the following worlds does Wilson claim that ants run?
(a) The terrestrial world.
(b) All of the above.
(c) The coastal world.
(d) The aquatic world.

3. How long do Idaho harvester ants typically live after they begin foraging?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two years.

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

5. On what continent is there a species of ants that can explode their abdomens in a suicidal attempt to entrap their predators?
(a) North America.
(b) Africa.
(c) Asia.
(d) Antarctica.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much of the Amazon rainforest is composed of ants and other insects?

3. What is morphogenesis?

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

5. Of all the landscapes explored in the opening of this novel, which landscape has the highest density of ants per hectare?

(see the answer key)

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