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

2. Which of the following groups of ants does the least amount of physical work within the colony?
(a) Sterile female ants.
(b) Queen ants.
(c) Fertile female ants.
(d) Male ants.

3. Which of the following terms describes an ant colony's maintenance by self-regulation?
(a) Homeostasis.
(b) Lestobiosis.
(c) Ergonomics.
(d) Dulosis.

4. Which of the following scientists pointed out that colonies of social insects tend to be more harmonious when the members are all closely related?
(a) Bier.
(b) Goetsch.
(c) Sherman.
(d) Hung.

5. How many grades does Evans give for the behavior variation of ants?
(a) 32.
(b) 27.
(c) 19.
(d) 13.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?

3. What happens when a queen ant is found to be infertile?

4. What differentiates aldates from other ants in a colony?

5. Which of the following types of ants maintain many different nests although they only live in one at a time?

(see the answer key)

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