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

2. What did scientist Santschi find that ants follow, during his experiment in 1911?
(a) The wind.
(b) The sun.
(c) The pull of gravity.
(d) The moon.

3. What type of hierarchy does Wilson use to describe an ant colony?
(a) Dense hierarchy.
(b) Veiled hierarchy.
(c) Functional hierarchy.
(d) Subliminal hierarchy.

4. Where do sweat bees primarily burrow?
(a) Near water.
(b) Underground.
(c) In garbage dumps.
(d) In trees.

5. How many levels of genealogical relationships do sweat bees have with one another?
(a) 12.
(b) 21.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the study completed in 1984, what other function do the odor glands fulfill in ant colonies?

2. What do young, nonreproductive ants do with their eggs?

3. Which of the following is NOT a category that authors Holldobler and Wilson claim to be extremely complex in ant colonies?

4. From what gland do ants lay odor trails leading to food sources?

5. Which of the following is NOT a way ant species deal with their dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What claim of colony odor did scientists Jaffe and Sanchez make in 1984?

2. How have leafcutter ants altered the landscape in which they live?

3. What is the Hymenoptera order, and how do ants fit in this order?

4. What factors affect the success of foraging within an ant colony?

5. What are "sibling species?"

6. How did the study of swallows affect the way scientists viewed spatial distribution?

7. Why is communication between ants important during transportation?

8. What happens during the ergonomic stage of an ant colony?

9. What is a "super colonial" ant colony?

10. How does Wilson argue the Paleozoic Era changed insects?

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