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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14 Symbioses Between Ants and Plants.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of weather facilitates the introduction of parasitic queens?
(a) Cool weather.
(b) Humid weather.
(c) Stormy weather.
(d) Sunny weather.

3. How much of the Amazon rainforest is composed of ants and other insects?
(a) All of it.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-fourth.

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

5. Which of the following groups within an ant colony produces the strongest identification odor?
(a) Queen ants.
(b) Worker ants.
(c) Sexually mature ants.
(d) Larvae ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms expresses the ideal of group production with the disregard of individual needs?

2. Which of the following is NOT a system of kin recognition listed in the novel?

3. Where do sweat bees primarily burrow?

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

5. What percentage of ant colonies are lost due to ground-feeding birds?

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