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1. What is the role of the Queen ant? sleeping and eating laying eggs manage the colony 2. What does the worker ant do? forage for food and keep the nest clean fight and chase away enemies go out to find partners during the mating season 3. Up to how many times its body weight can an ant carry? 6 50 26 4. What don't ants eat? dead insects leaves aphids 5. How many parts is an ant body divided into? 3 4 2 6. What time do ants leave their nest to forage for food? early afternoon late afternoon night 7. Why are ants so important to the ecosystem? as scavengers to decompose food provide carbon dioxide through respiration 8. What kind of relationship does the fungus growing ant have with the fungus? interdependent parasitic independent 9. What is the correct life cycle of the ant? eggs > larvae > pupae > cocoon > adult pupae > larvae > cocoon >eggs >adult cocoon > eggs > larvae > pupae > adult 10. What's the length of time for the colony to mature? 3-6 years 1-2 months 1 year 11. How do ants communicate? phermones hand signals fighting 12. At any one time there are... 2x1000 living ants 1x10^15 living ants 1x10^10 living ants 13. What are the three main classes of ants? male, female queen, worker male, female, worker 14. What ants can be eaten? honey-pot ants white ants fungus- growing ants 15. How many times does the male ant mate with the queen ant for the entire period of her life? once 800 200 Score = Correct answers:
1. What is the role of the Queen ant? sleeping and eating laying eggs manage the colony
2. What does the worker ant do? forage for food and keep the nest clean fight and chase away enemies go out to find partners during the mating season
3. Up to how many times its body weight can an ant carry? 6 50 26
4. What don't ants eat? dead insects leaves aphids
5. How many parts is an ant body divided into? 3 4 2
6. What time do ants leave their nest to forage for food? early afternoon late afternoon night
7. Why are ants so important to the ecosystem? as scavengers to decompose food provide carbon dioxide through respiration
8. What kind of relationship does the fungus growing ant have with the fungus? interdependent parasitic independent
9. What is the correct life cycle of the ant? eggs > larvae > pupae > cocoon > adult pupae > larvae > cocoon >eggs >adult cocoon > eggs > larvae > pupae > adult
10. What's the length of time for the colony to mature? 3-6 years 1-2 months 1 year
11. How do ants communicate? phermones hand signals fighting
12. At any one time there are... 2x1000 living ants 1x10^15 living ants 1x10^10 living ants
13. What are the three main classes of ants? male, female queen, worker male, female, worker
14. What ants can be eaten? honey-pot ants white ants fungus- growing ants
15. How many times does the male ant mate with the queen ant for the entire period of her life? once 800 200
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