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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 genus of ant that participates in polygyny?
(a) Fungeralinae.
(b) Dolichoderinae.
(c) Myrmeciinae.
(d) Ponerianae.

2. In the woodlands of New England, ants move as much soil as what other insect?
(a) Centipedes.
(b) Armadillidiidae.
(c) Earthworms.
(d) Scarab Beetles.

3. Which of the following types of ants maintain many different nests although they only live in one at a time?
(a) Fire ants
(b) Army ants.
(c) Weaver ants.
(d) Leaf cutter ants.

4. Which of the following types of symbiosis does NOT deal with nest sharing?
(a) Plesiobiosis.
(b) Cleptobiosis.
(c) Lestobiosis.
(d) Inquilinism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following insects are harvested in "ranches" by ants?

2. Which of the following is NOT a group of insects?

3. What is another way of defining pheromonal communication?

4. What gender of ants typically makes up an ant colony?

5. Which of the following groups of ants does the least amount of physical work within the colony?

(see the answer key)

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