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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 is NOT a concern for major workers?
(a) Food storage.
(b) Self-grooming.
(c) Milling.
(d) Trophallaxis.

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

3. In the woodlands of New England, ants move as much soil as what other insect?
(a) Armadillidiidae.
(b) Earthworms.
(c) Centipedes.
(d) Scarab Beetles.

4. Which of the following groups of ants spends the most time self-grooming?
(a) Minor workers.
(b) They all spend equal amounts of time self-grooming.
(c) Queens.
(d) Major workers.

5. During trophallaxis communication, what is exchanged between individuals?
(a) Grooming.
(b) Odor.
(c) Food.
(d) Liquid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What species of ant carries large quantities of freshly cut vegetation into underground nests as deep as six meters?

3. Which of the following is NOT a theory of polygynus discussed in the novel?

4. Which of the following groups of insects uses kin recognition similar to ants?

5. What is modulatory communication?

(see the answer key)

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