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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 physical attributes signifies a queen within a swarm of ants?
(a) Size.
(b) Coloration.
(c) Wings.
(d) Odor.

2. Which of the following species of ants is known to cover their queen during immigration from one nest to another?
(a) Haploid number ants.
(b) Leaf cutter ants.
(c) Driver ants.
(d) African weaver ants.

3. Which of the following species of ants is NOT considered territorial?
(a) Leaf cutter ants.
(b) Harvesting ants.
(c) Weaver ants.
(d) Honeypot ants.

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

5. How do most Idaho harvester ants die?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Genetic disease.
(c) Fighting with other ant colonies.
(d) Dehydration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What shape does an ant garden typically take?

3. Which of the following is NOT an example of ritualized communication?

4. How many varieties of ant-plant symbiosis are categorized in this chapter?

5. How many queen ants do the Formica Yessensis of Japan have in one colony?

(see the answer key)

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