The following questions are based on the introductory material and the video, "Swarming Horde."

1. What three attributes (criteria) define social behavior in insects?

2. What insect groups have evolved social behavior?

3. Why (and how) can social insect colonies be regarded as "superorganisms" when comparing them to large vertebrates? (What is a big advantage of social behavior?)

4. What information does a dancing bee communicate to her hive mates?

5. What are castes of social insects?

6. What is the nature of the symbiotic relationship between ants and acacia trees? ... between leaf-cutter ants and their fungus gardens?

7. How does a queen exert control over her colony?

The following questions are based on the biology of the African termite presented in the video, "Mysterious Castles of Clay."

A. What is the etymology of the name termite?

B. What is the castle? What are its main "rooms?"

C. What materials do these termites use to build their castles?

D. What architectural design is used?

E. How does the air conditioning system work?

F. What role does the oral exchange of food and saliva play in the coordination of the colony?

G. How does the colony defend itself?

H. What is the nature of the symbiotic relationship between these termites and "their" fungi? How are the fungi propagated?

I. What is the estimated lifetime egg production of a single queen?

J. What castes (including the queen and king) make up the colony?