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

2. Which of the following tasks is NOT a concern for minor workers?
(a) Defense.
(b) Brood care.
(c) Nest maintenance.
(d) Foraging.

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

4. How many queen ants do the Formica Yessensis of Japan have in one colony?
(a) Millions of queens.
(b) Thousands of queens.
(c) One queen.
(d) Hundreds of queens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is polyethism?

2. Which of the following is NOT a system of kin recognition listed in the novel?

3. Which of the following is NOT an example of ritualized communication?

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

5. Which of the following are used by worker ants to stimulate new larvae growth?

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