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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. Which of the following elements was brought by ants to the Amazon rainforest?
(a) Coal dust.
(b) Sulfur.
(c) Gold filaments.
(d) Formic acid.

2. What gender of ants typically makes up an ant colony?
(a) Colonies are mostly female.
(b) Colonies are mostly male.
(c) Colonies are split between male and female ants.
(d) Colonies are mostly sexless.

3. From what gland do ants lay odor trails leading to food sources?
(a) Dufour gland.
(b) Metapleural gland.
(c) Propharyngeal gland.
(d) Maxillary gland.

4. Which of the following species of ants is known to cover their queen during immigration from one nest to another?
(a) Driver ants.
(b) African weaver ants.
(c) Leaf cutter ants.
(d) Haploid number ants.

5. On which species of ants was a study relating to worker ants, and their response to nutritional needs, performed?
(a) Fire ants.
(b) Army ants.
(c) Leaf cutter ants.
(d) Weaver ants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following lands is NOT free of ant species?

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

4. What type of hierarchy does Wilson use to describe an ant colony?

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

(see the answer key)

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