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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 is polyethism?
(a) Division of work by caste.
(b) Division of work by gender.
(c) Division of work by age.
(d) Division of work by strength.

2. Which of the following is NOT part of an ant's head?
(a) The mesothoracic spiracle.
(b) The lateral setae.
(c) The clypeal carina.
(d) The median seta.

3. How many categories of ant communication are there?
(a) 21.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

4. What type of weather facilitates the introduction of parasitic queens?
(a) Stormy weather.
(b) Cool weather.
(c) Humid weather.
(d) Sunny weather.

5. How are alien species treated when they enter the nest?
(a) They are forced out.
(b) They are killed.
(c) They are ignored.
(d) They are welcomed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms describes an ant colony's maintenance by self-regulation?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT a group of insects?

4. In Gray's report regarding worker ants of the Myrmecia variant, how long would the workers crouch close to a branch, mandibles open, waiting to spring at prey?

5. Which of the following groups of ants does the least amount of physical work within the colony?

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