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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. How do ants communicate?
(a) Ants do not communicate.
(b) Through chemical emissions.
(c) Through a complex pattern of squeaks.
(d) Through antennae movement.

2. Which of the following is NOT a segment in an ant's body?
(a) The kampf.
(b) The gaster.
(c) The alitrunk.
(d) The petiole.

3. Which of the following are used by worker ants to stimulate new larvae growth?
(a) Oxygen.
(b) Sodium.
(c) Iodine.
(d) Pheromones.

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

5. In the Ivory Coast, what insect species were the blind ants eating, 20 centimeters below the soil?
(a) Earthworms.
(b) Centipedes.
(c) Earwigs.
(d) ladybugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a genus of ant that participates in polygyny?

2. What shape does an ant garden typically take?

3. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Monomorium pharanaomis"?

4. What is the scientific name for the first generation of workers?

5. What is the first stage in ant colony development?

(see the answer key)

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