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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. What is the scientific name for the first generation of workers?
(a) Finmis.
(b) Binmis.
(c) Minmis.
(d) Dinmis.

2. Which of the following are used by worker ants to stimulate new larvae growth?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Pheromones.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Sodium.

3. Which of the following acts is NOT part of the Founding Stage in an ant colony?
(a) Foraging for food.
(b) Constructing a nest.
(c) Mating.
(d) Rearing young.

4. Which of the following worlds does Wilson claim that ants run?
(a) The aquatic world.
(b) The coastal world.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The terrestrial world.

5. Which of the following is NOT a way ant species deal with their dead?
(a) Cannibaling the dead.
(b) Discarding the dead.
(c) Burying the dead.
(d) Abandoning the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most Idaho harvester ants die?

2. What do young, nonreproductive ants do with their eggs?

3. Which of the following is NOT a criterion used to decide that an ant colony is a unit rather than a group of individuals?

4. Who removes a newly fertilized queen ant's wings?

5. Which of the following is NOT a method of communication used by ant species?

(see the answer key)

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