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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. How long can Queen Formica ants live underwater if submerged?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Two minutes.

2. Which of the following activities did Huber mistakenly think was play among ant species?
(a) Wrestling.
(b) Jousting.
(c) Marching.
(d) Embracing.

3. On what continent is there a species of ants that can explode their abdomens in a suicidal attempt to entrap their predators?
(a) Antarctica.
(b) Asia.
(c) North America.
(d) Africa.

4. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Monomorium pharanaomis"?
(a) Queen's ants.
(b) Cleopatra's ants.
(c) Sphynx ants.
(d) Pharaoh's ants.

5. What did scientist Santschi find that ants follow, during his experiment in 1911?
(a) The sun.
(b) The pull of gravity.
(c) The moon.
(d) The wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways biomass is measured?

2. Which of the following ants are considered most altruistic?

3. What is the smallest collection of ants that can still be considered a colony?

4. What is morphogenesis?

5. Which of the following elements was brought by ants to the Amazon rainforest?

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