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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 is the most common type of plant-ant symbiosis?
(a) Vidua.
(b) Carebara.
(c) Moffett.
(d) Acacia.

2. Which of the following acts is NOT part of the Founding Stage in an ant colony?
(a) Mating.
(b) Foraging for food.
(c) Constructing a nest.
(d) Rearing young.

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

4. What happens in during pleometriosis?
(a) Multiple queens battle for power within a colony.
(b) Multiple queens start a colony together.
(c) Multiple queens from one colony start multiple nests that do not relate.
(d) Multiple queens work together to physically eliminate a powerful queen.

5. During what season of the year are Solenopsis flies absent from most ecosystems?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what body part do ants emit pheromones?

2. How are alien species treated when they enter the nest?

3. Which part of an ant's body is used most during kin recognition?

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

5. How many species of ants were represented in the ant mosaic of Queensland, Australia?

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