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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. Which of the following is NOT a ways Wilson describes foreign ants being treated?
(a) They are pestered with constant nipping and leg pulling.
(b) They are killed.
(c) They are accepted, but withheld food.
(d) They are forced to lock mandibles in a dual.

2. In what part of the ant's anatomy are the unicellular glands?
(a) The head.
(b) The thorax.
(c) The antennae.
(d) The abdomen.

3. Which of the following is NOT a group of insects?
(a) Coleoptera.
(b) Philliotera.
(c) Hymenoptera.
(d) Diptera.

4. How long does it take a foreign ant to produce a new colony odor?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 40 days.
(d) 5 days.

5. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a way ant species deal with their dead?

2. What shape does an ant garden typically take?

3. According to Pisarski's classification, what tier of workers will fight with alien workers?

4. Which of the following species of ants is known to cover their queen during immigration from one nest to another?

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

(see the answer key)

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