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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 an insect phenomenon documented in the opening of this novel?
(a) The effects of competition on community structure.
(b) The hierarchy in control processes.
(c) The shaping of castes through natural selection.
(d) The social effects of monarchical rule.

2. What percentage of ant colonies are lost due to ground-feeding birds?
(a) 20 percent.
(b) 40 percent.
(c) 80 percent.
(d) 60 percent.

3. How do the heads of major workers compare to the heads of minor workers?
(a) Minor workers do not have heads.
(b) Major heads are typically smaller.
(c) Major and minor heads are identical.
(d) Major heads are typically larger.

4. From what gland do ants lay odor trails leading to food sources?
(a) Propharyngeal gland.
(b) Maxillary gland.
(c) Metapleural gland.
(d) Dufour gland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT part of an ant's head?

2. How do ants communicate?

3. Which of the following areas was NOT focused on in the chapter regarding plant-ant symbiosis?

4. On what continent is there a species of ants that can explode their abdomens in a suicidal attempt to entrap their predators?

5. What did scientist Santschi find that ants follow, during his experiment in 1911?

(see the answer key)

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