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

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways biomass is measured?
(a) Drying.
(b) Weighing.
(c) Collecting.
(d) Photographing.

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

4. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Paratrechina longicornis"?
(a) Fat ants.
(b) Ugly ants.
(c) Crazy ants.
(d) Timid ants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups of ants spends the most time self-grooming?

2. How many queens are present in a Monogyny ant colony?

3. How do ants communicate?

4. How many life cycle stages do all ant colonies go through?

5. What gender of ants typically makes up an ant colony?

(see the answer key)

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