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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 Caste and Division of Labor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following physical attributes signifies a queen within a swarm of ants?
(a) Coloration.
(b) Wings.
(c) Odor.
(d) Size.

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

3. Who removes a newly fertilized queen ant's wings?
(a) Her partner removes them.
(b) Her young remove them.
(c) She removes them herself.
(d) Her wings dissolve after fertilization.

4. Which of the following groups of ants is most likely to eat a dead nest mate?
(a) Queen ants.
(b) Major workers.
(c) Male ants.
(d) Minor workers.

5. How do ants communicate?
(a) Through antennae movement.
(b) Through chemical emissions.
(c) Ants do not communicate.
(d) Through a complex pattern of squeaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scientific name for the first generation of workers?

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

3. Which of the following acts is NOT part of the Founding Stage in an ant colony?

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

5. Which of the following species of ants is known to cover their queen during immigration from one nest to another?

(see the answer key)

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