When an Ant Finds a Source of Food,such as an Open

question 26

Multiple Choice

When an ant finds a source of food,such as an open sugar bin in a kitchen,it returns to the nest,leaving a trail that other ants can follow to the sugar.This is a case of

• A)innate knowledge of where food is located.
• B)a learned response that is an advantage of social insects.
• C)a pheromone pathway,a type of chemical communication.
• D)marking territory.
• E)higher reasoning,just as a hiker leaving signs along a trail.

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