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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. What is considered the final stage of a mature ant colony?
(a) The Ergonomic Stage.
(b) The Virgin Stage.
(c) The Founding Stage.
(d) The Reproductive Stage.

2. What is the first stage in ant colony development?
(a) The Founding Stage.
(b) The Reproductive Stage.
(c) The Virgin Stage.
(d) The Ergonomic Stage.

3. How many categories of ant communication are there?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 21.

4. Which of the following is NOT a category of ant communication?
(a) Grooming.
(b) Recognition.
(c) Recruitment.
(d) Attack.

5. Which of the following types of ants maintain many different nests although they only live in one at a time?
(a) Weaver ants.
(b) Army ants.
(c) Leaf cutter ants.
(d) Fire ants

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT a method of communication used by ant species?

3. Which of the following is NOT a way ant species deal with their dead?

4. Which of the following is NOT part of an ant's head?

5. Which of the following is NOT a segment in an ant's body?

(see the answer key)

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