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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20 Collecting, Culturing, Observing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of herbaceous plant species are distributed by ants in New York?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 50 percent.
(c) 70 percent.
(d) 30 percent.

2. Which of the following chemicals do Wilson and Holldobler use on ant specimens?
(a) Ethanol.
(b) Ether.
(c) Ethelymine.
(d) Ergonovine.

3. According to the study completed in 1984, what other function do the odor glands fulfill in ant colonies?
(a) Water preservation.
(b) Food storage.
(c) Nesting map.
(d) Enemy alarm.

4. What do young, nonreproductive ants do with their eggs?
(a) They abandon them.
(b) They feed them to the queen.
(c) Nonreproductive ants do not produce eggs.
(d) They bury them.

5. Which of the following is NOT a reason Wilson gives as to how colonies manage their queen numbers?
(a) Reproductive Castration.
(b) Egg Defect.
(c) Physical Elimination.
(d) Emigration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a method of foraging discussed in this novel?

2. Which of the following groups of ants is most likely to eat a dead nest mate?

3. What is the focus of the Ergonomic Stage of an ant colony?

4. What is the main component of a weaver ant's nest?

5. What does the stridulatory organ in an ant's anatomy do?

(see the answer key)

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