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

2. According to the study completed in 1984, what other function do the odor glands fulfill in ant colonies?
(a) Nesting map.
(b) Water preservation.
(c) Food storage.
(d) Enemy alarm.

3. How are alien species treated when they enter the nest?
(a) They are forced out.
(b) They are welcomed.
(c) They are ignored.
(d) They are killed.

4. Which of the following is NOT part of an ant's head?
(a) The lateral setae.
(b) The clypeal carina.
(c) The mesothoracic spiracle.
(d) The median seta.

5. Which of the following terms expresses the ideal of group production with the disregard of individual needs?
(a) Ergonomics.
(b) Fillionomics.
(c) Hedonomics.
(d) Tershonomics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who removes a newly fertilized queen ant's wings?

2. During what era did Crozier argue that scientists should not "discard kin selection in favor of parental manipulation" altering the way most scientists deal with kin selection?

3. How many grades does Evans give for the behavior variation of ants?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways biomass is measured?

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason for nest migration that Wilson describes in this text?

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