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Real facts about Ants

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an Ants colour?

a)

Red, brown and black

b)

Green, blue and purple

c)

Yellow, green blue

d)

Nearly every colour

2.

Why does Eciton burchellii stand out of other ants?

a)

They command other ants

b)

They are aggressive

c)

They forage sometimes with workers making a fan shape to get food.

d)

They get more workers to forage outside than other ants

3.

A colony is led by...

a)

The queen

b)

The king

c)

The presedent

d)

All of the members are equal

4.

In every colony, is there multiple queens or only a single queen?

a)

Single queen

b)

Depends on species, could be both

c)

Only led by one queen and when the queen dies, the workers become new queens

d)

There is multiple queens in every species of ants

5.

Where does ants live?

a)

Underground

b)

Everwhere apart from Antarctica

c)

In the sky

d)

On the tree

e)

In the window

6.

Lucy is 36 kg. How many energy does she have. (*Einstein's formula: e=mc^2) (Sorry, this is a random question.)

a)

3.24x10^76

b)

3.24x10^18

c)

2.88x10^69

d)

no energy

e)

None of above

7.

What are Termites

a)

They are another kind of bees

b)

They are white ants

c)

They are social cockroaches

d)

They are a type of worm with legs

8.

Weaver ants (Oecophylla) use...... to make nests

a)

Rocks and silk from larvae

b)

Twigs and silk from larvae

c)

Leaves and silk from larvae

d)

They nest in ground

9.

Most/every ant in the genus Polyrhachis has little spines sticking out of its back.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is the species Solenopsis geminata?

a)

Tropical fire ant

b)

Germinated fire ant

c)

Red imported fire ant

d)

Inata ant

11.

What is ants in the genus Acromyrmex?

a)

Another type of weaver ant

b)

Leafcutter ants

c)

Sahara silver ants

d)

Acrobat ants

12.

What does Crematogaster scutellaris look like?

a)

Heart shaped gaster with red head

b)

Round gaster with blue head

c)

Triangle gaster with black head

d)

Oval shaped gaster with green head

13.

Ants in the genus Myrmecocystus is....

a)

Green headed ants

b)

Honey-pot ants

c)

Spiny ants

d)

Yellow crazy ants

14.

In Polyrhachis dives, what does the 'dives' mean?

a)

diving

b)

divine

c)

dividing

d)

dying

15.

In Myrmica rubra, what does 'rubra' mean?

a)

rude

b)

rubber

c)

red

d)

aggressive

16.

A ant has....

a)

Six legs

b)

Three body parts

c)

Gills

d)

Mandibles

17.

An Ant is an (a)  

18.

What is Formica rufa?

a)

Red wood ant

b)

Black wood ant

c)

Rude wood ant

d)

Rufa wood ant

19.

Polyrhachis cyaniventris is.....

a)

Green

b)

Blue

c)

Purple

d)

Yellow

20.

Rhytidoponera metallica is....

a)

Meat ant

b)

Green-headed ant

c)

Blue-headed ant

d)

Orange-headed ant

21.

Why could ants be the biggest climate changer in a positive way?

a)

They can carry out photosynthesis

b)

They can use weather rocks to take away CO2

c)

They can make oxygen

d)

They can eat a lot of methane

22.

Harvester ants eat.....

a)

Seeds

b)

Grains

c)

Grass

d)

Weeed