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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. What are gamergates?
(a) Fertile female ants.
(b) All young female ants.
(c) Female larvae.
(d) Sterile female ants.

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

3. How many levels of genealogical relationships do sweat bees have with one another?
(a) 21.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

4. Which of the following is NOT a host used by fungus-growing ants in their gardens?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Seeds.
(c) Manure.
(d) Flowers.

5. Which of the following is NOT a method of foraging discussed in this novel?
(a) Group retrieval.
(b) Solitary foraging.
(c) Central-place foraging.
(d) Decay foraging.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?

2. What differentiates aldates from other ants in a colony?

3. In what part of the ant's anatomy are the unicellular glands?

4. During his studies in Louisiana, what system did Moser find ant fungus growing ant nests?

5. What are repletes concerned with?

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