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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) 27.
(b) 13.
(c) 19.
(d) 32.

2. What happens in during pleometriosis?
(a) Multiple queens start a colony together.
(b) Multiple queens battle for power within a colony.
(c) Multiple queens work together to physically eliminate a powerful queen.
(d) Multiple queens from one colony start multiple nests that do not relate.

3. What part of milling-major heads are adapted for their work?
(a) Their mouths.
(b) Their eyes.
(c) Their ears.
(d) Their antennae.

4. How long does it take a foreign ant to produce a new colony odor?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 20 days.
(d) 40 days.

5. Which of the following are used by worker ants to stimulate new larvae growth?
(a) Pheromones.
(b) Iodine.
(c) Sodium.
(d) Oxygen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways biomass is measured?

2. Which of the following is NOT a genus of ant that participates in polygyny?

3. What is the scientific name for the first generation of workers?

4. Which of the following is NOT a caste within ant colonies?

5. Which of the following is NOT part of an ant's head?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the ways ant colonies control the numbers of queens present in their colony?

2. What happens during the reproductive stage of an ant colony?

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

4. What are the most common ways through with an ant colony becomes polygynus?

5. What study was performed on fire ants leading to the understanding the foragers will respond to the nutritional needs of their colony?

6. What are barrack nests?

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

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

9. What defense mechanism is unique to the Asian ant species known as Camponotus Saundersi?

10. How are ant colonies defined?

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