Study Guide & Preview Questions:
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The total weight of all ants on Earth is nearly equal to the total weight of all ____.
Options: insects, humankind, fish
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Ants can be found thriving on icy mountain peaks.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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The main reason for the incredible success of ants is their ____ sophistication.
Options: social, physical, individual
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The main job of the queen ant is to reproduce.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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The majority of an ant colony's population consists of ____ females.
Options: fertile, young, sterile
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Fertile male ants die shortly after mating with the queen.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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To communicate, ants depend primarily on chemical signals called ____.
Options: vibrations, pheromones, sounds
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A foraging ant's pheromone trail leads other ants away from food sources.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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An ant under attack will release an ____ pheromone to alert the colony.
Options: attack, alarm, escape, food
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An alarm pheromone causes the colony to mobilize as a defense unit.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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The text describes ants as being ____ in the art of war.
Options: unrivaled, cautious, inexperienced
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Ants only attack prey that is smaller than they are.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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Ants are so committed that they will sacrifice their own ____ to help defeat an enemy.
Options: food, young, lives
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Ants have flourished on Earth for more than 140 million years.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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The term ____ means 'found everywhere'.
Options: unrivaled, ubiquitous, sterile
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The text estimates there are over 2,000 species of ants.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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An ant's ____ intelligence is described as being greater than the sum of its individual parts.
Options: personal, collective, unique
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The main population of workers and soldiers are fertile males.
Options: Correct, Incorrect
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A colony can vary in size from a few hundred to tens of ____ of ants.
Options: thousands, billions, millions
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The final sentence implies that people are not always as community-minded as ants.
Options: Correct, Incorrect