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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first stage in ant colony development?
(a) The Reproductive Stage.
(b) The Founding Stage.
(c) The Ergonomic Stage.
(d) The Virgin Stage.

2. Which of the following is NOT a genus of ant that participates in polygyny?
(a) Ponerianae.
(b) Fungeralinae.
(c) Dolichoderinae.
(d) Myrmeciinae.

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. How many times their own body weight do Idaho harvester ants retrieve during their lifetime?
(a) 2000 times their body weight.
(b) 20 times their body weight.
(c) Twice their body weight.
(d) 200 times their body weight.

5. Which of the following ant hormones is found in many vegetable oils?
(a) Tapinorma.
(b) Triolein.
(c) Acromyrmex.
(d) Lasius Niger.

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

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

8. 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 differentiates into germ plasma.
(b) It undergoes an adaptive cycle of growth.
(c) It shows idiosyncrasies in behavior, size, and structure.
(d) It is precise in execution of planned actions.

9. Which of the following lands is NOT free of ant species?
(a) Tahiti.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Polynesia.
(d) Greenland.

10. Which of the following groups within an ant colony produces the strongest identification odor?
(a) Queen ants.
(b) Larvae ants.
(c) Sexually mature ants.
(d) Worker ants.

11. Who removes a newly fertilized queen ant's wings?
(a) Her wings dissolve after fertilization.
(b) Her young remove them.
(c) She removes them herself.
(d) Her partner removes them.

12. What percentage of ant colonies are lost due to ground-feeding birds?
(a) 40 percent.
(b) 60 percent.
(c) 80 percent.
(d) 20 percent.

13. How many queens are present in a Monogyny ant colony?
(a) Two queens.
(b) Over ten queens.
(c) Over one hundred queens.
(d) One queen.

14. Which of the following is NOT a group of insects?
(a) Coleoptera.
(b) Hymenoptera.
(c) Diptera.
(d) Philliotera.

15. How much of the Amazon rainforest is composed of ants and other insects?
(a) All of it.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-third.
(d) One-half.

Short Answer Questions

1. During trophallaxis communication, what is exchanged between individuals?

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

3. On which species of ants was a study relating to worker ants, and their response to nutritional needs, performed?

4. Which of the following is NOT a method of communication used by ant species?

5. What is the fastest way to increase the size of an ant colony?

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