Q.1
True or false: Ants are primarily visual creatures.
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True
False
Q.2
Co-evolution is best described as
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A situation where two separate organisms evolve to become a single species
an accidental correspondence of different evolutionary forms of the same species
a system of mutual dependency among two different organisms, the result of evolving together for long periods
an impossibility because evolution requires each organism to promote only its own survival
Q.3
Leaf-cutter ants have a broken gene for making the amino acid arginine because the ants
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feed arginine to the fungus
make arginine for each other
do not need arginine
get arginine from the fungus, so have no need to make it themselves
Q.4
What is not a reason to study ants:
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to eliminate them from all ecosystems
to learn how society and genetics interact
to control invasive ants like the fire ant and argentine ant
to study the regulation of genes
Q.5
What do leaf-cutters do to "cultivate" their gardens?
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deliver leaves to feed the fungus
"clean" the garden to remove unwanted microbes
communicate with other ants to warn against harvesting toxic leaves
all of the above