WorksheetsSocial Insects
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Social insects are defined by these characteristics:
a)
Group integration, division of labor, overlap of generations
b)
Queen in control, division of labor, defense system
c)
Queen, overlap of generations
d)
Docile, no males, division of labor
2.
The most familiar examples of social insects are:
a)
wasps and bees
b)
termites
c)
ants, wasps, and bees
d)
ants, wasps, termites, and bees
3.
Between 12,500-22,000 species, slender waist and elbowed antennae:
a)
ants
b)
bees
c)
wasps
d)
true bugs
4.
Colonies vary from a few dozen members to large colonies with millions of individuals:
a)
ants
b)
bees
c)
wasps
d)
ants and wasps
5.
Larger colonies usually mostly wingless females who do not mate, and a caste system with soldiers, queens, drones:
a)
praying mantises
b)
ants
c)
wasps
d)
hornets
6.
Have colonized most of the planet, thrive in most ecosystems, make up 15-25 % of land animal biomass:
a)
wasps
b)
bees
c)
ants
d)
termites
7.
Ants are highly successful because they have mastered:
a)
Social organization, defenses
b)
Modification of habitat, co-evolution
c)
Social organization, defenses, modification of habitat, co-evolution
d)
Modification of habitat, defenses, co-evolution
8.
I have division of labor, can communicate and problem solve, and have been compared to human society. What am I?
a)
ant
b)
fly
c)
wasp
d)
ant or fly
9.
I am a human food source, used in medicine, and rituals, a valued biological pest control. However, I am often in conflict with humans. What am I?
a)
termite
b)
hornet
c)
ant
d)
beetle
10.
Different types of ______ (queens, workers, etc.) are determined by food they get as larvae.
a)
wasps
b)
bees
c)
termites
d)
ants
11.
These insects have a mating ritual called a nuptual flight:
a)
termites
b)
wasps
c)
bees
d)
ants
12.
Involved in food production and production of materials such as wax for candles:
a)
bees
b)
wasps
c)
ants
d)
termites
13.
Can cause massive amounts of damage to houses and other wooden structures:
a)
ants
b)
bees
c)
termites
d)
wasps
14.
They have an extensive digestive system with symbiotic microbes to help with digestion.
a)
ants
b)
bees
c)
wasps
d)
termites
15.
Pesticides have harmed their ability to fly.
a)
wasps
b)
bees
c)
hornets
d)
flies
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