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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 Social Homeostasis and Flexibility.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do sweat bees primarily burrow?
(a) Underground.
(b) In garbage dumps.
(c) In trees.
(d) Near water.

2. What is polyethism?
(a) Division of work by age.
(b) Division of work by strength.
(c) Division of work by caste.
(d) Division of work by gender.

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

4. What is another way of defining pheromonal communication?
(a) Group communication.
(b) Liquid communication.
(c) Chemical communication.
(d) Attack communication.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of an ant's body is used most during kin recognition?

2. Which of the following activities did Huber mistakenly think was play among ant species?

3. How old is the oldest ant fossil found to date?

4. Which of the following physical attributes signifies a queen within a swarm of ants?

5. Which of the following is NOT a phase of colony defense?

(see the answer key)

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