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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 happens when a queen ant is found to be infertile?
(a) She is ignored.
(b) She becomes a worker ant.
(c) She is expelled from the colony.
(d) She is killed.

2. What differentiates aldates from other ants in a colony?
(a) Coloration.
(b) Reproductive organs.
(c) Long antennae.
(d) Wings.

3. 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?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 5 hours.

4. What is the fastest way to increase the size of an ant colony?
(a) Increase the number of female ants.
(b) Increase the number of male ants.
(c) Increase the number of queens.
(d) Increase the number of workers.

5. Which of the following is NOT a criterion used to decide that an ant colony is a unit rather than a group of individuals?
(a) It shows idiosyncrasies in behavior, size, and structure.
(b) It is precise in execution of planned actions.
(c) It differentiates into germ plasma.
(d) It undergoes an adaptive cycle of growth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is another name for fungus growing ants?

2. During what era did Crozier argue that scientists should not "discard kin selection in favor of parental manipulation" altering the way most scientists deal with kin selection?

3. What part of their body do army ants link to create a chain, or barrier?

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason Wilson gives as to how colonies manage their queen numbers?

5. What month of the year is considered the "nuptial flight" month for ant species?

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