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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many grades does Evans give for the behavior variation of ants?
(a) 13.
(b) 19.
(c) 32.
(d) 27.
2. Which of the following activities did Huber mistakenly think was play among ant species?
(a) Wrestling.
(b) Marching.
(c) Embracing.
(d) Jousting.
3. Which of the following is NOT a theory of polygynus discussed in the novel?
(a) Twin Birth.
(b) Queen Adoption.
(c) Pleometriosis.
(d) Colony Fusion.
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) Fire ants
(d) Army ants.
5. How fast can the desert ant run?
(a) 10 meters per minute.
(b) 1 meter per minute.
(c) 1 meter per second.
(d) 10 meters per second.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are repletes concerned with?
2. Which of the following is NOT a category of ant communication?
3. Which of the following procedures is NOT altered when an individual undergoes sociogenesis?
4. How old is the oldest ant fossil found to date?
5. Which of the following is NOT a reason for nest migration that Wilson describes in this text?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens during the reproductive stage of an ant colony?
2. What controversy surrounds the ant fossil discovered in the Victoria, Australia by Jell and Duncan in 1986?
3. What are barrack nests?
4. How is the workload divided between major and minor workers?
5. What are "Tramp Species" of ants?
6. Why are caste systems often used within ant colonies?
7. Why are extra queens often considered an unnecessary burden within a colony?
8. How does the caste system within a given ant colony change according to the demographic?
9. How has the rearing of isolated ant larvae affected scientists' understanding of reductionism?
10. How does Wilson argue the Paleozoic Era changed insects?
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