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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. Which of the following species of ants is NOT considered territorial?
(a) Leaf cutter ants.
(b) Honeypot ants.
(c) Harvesting ants.
(d) Weaver ants.

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

3. Which of the following scientists was the first to discover the glandular source of colony odor?
(a) Vander Meer.
(b) Jaffe.
(c) Blum.
(d) Morel.

4. Which of the following is NOT a category of ant communication?
(a) Recognition.
(b) Grooming.
(c) Recruitment.
(d) Attack.

5. Which of the following is NOT a concern for major workers?
(a) Food storage.
(b) Trophallaxis.
(c) Milling.
(d) Self-grooming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following groups within an ant colony produces the strongest identification odor?

2. At what university were radioactive ants found in the 1960s?

3. Who removes a newly fertilized queen ant's wings?

4. What is the colloquial name for the ant species "Paratrechina longicornis"?

5. Which of the following is NOT a factor distracting from optimal foraging within an ant colony?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the workload divided between major and minor workers?

2. How has the rearing of isolated ant larvae affected scientists' understanding of reductionism?

3. What happens during the founding stage of an ant colony?

4. What is the most common form of communication between ants, and how is it expressed?

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

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

7. What malleable criteria were used to decide that ant colonies were units rather than large groups of individuals?

8. Why is communication between ants important during transportation?

9. What is acoustic communication? How is it achieved within an ant community?

10. How is ant communication categorized?

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