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

2. Which of the following is the most common type of plant-ant symbiosis?
(a) Acacia.
(b) Vidua.
(c) Carebara.
(d) Moffett.

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

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

5. In what country did scientists Vepsalainen and Pisarski devise a three-tiered classification for hierarchical competition?
(a) Finland.
(b) Poland.
(c) Romania.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the study completed in 1984, what other function do the odor glands fulfill in ant colonies?

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

3. How do most Idaho harvester ants die?

4. Where do sweat bees primarily burrow?

5. Which of the following procedures is NOT altered when an individual undergoes sociogenesis?

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