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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 The Fungus Growers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words is used to describe an ant swarm?
(a) Divouac.
(b) Bivouac.
(c) Tivouac.
(d) Givouac.

2. What happens when a queen ant is found to be infertile?
(a) She is expelled from the colony.
(b) She is killed.
(c) She is ignored.
(d) She becomes a worker ant.

3. Which of the following scientists was NOT involved in the study of hierarchical competition?
(a) Kazcmarek.
(b) Yasuno.
(c) Marikovsky.
(d) Loeschcke.

4. What gender of ants typically makes up an ant colony?
(a) Colonies are mostly female.
(b) Colonies are mostly male.
(c) Colonies are split between male and female ants.
(d) Colonies are mostly sexless.

5. Which of the following activities did Huber mistakenly think was play among ant species?
(a) Marching.
(b) Wrestling.
(c) Jousting.
(d) Embracing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms expresses the ideal of group production with the disregard of individual needs?

2. What happens to the offspring of a queen when she is forced into a polygyny society?

3. How many levels of genealogical relationships do sweat bees have with one another?

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

5. How many times their own body weight do Idaho harvester ants retrieve during their lifetime?

(see the answer key)

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