--- title: Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants and trap-… — how Mova does on the tests · Biology description: Lesson 304 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 6 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/) / 304 # Ants of the world: weaver ants, bullet ants, honeypot ants and trap-jaw ants **Tests:** 6 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 304 of the biology course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/). ### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1} Count them: 5 ants walk across your plate. How many legs is that? - **1.** 30 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** 20 — no support - **3.** 40 — no support - **4.** 10 — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · right ✓ {#t2} Count them: in A Bug's Life the ants have two arms and two legs. How many legs does a real ant have? - **1.** 6 — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** 4 — no support - **3.** 2 — no support - **4.** 8 — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · right ✓ {#t3} Count them: a nest has 3 weaver ants pulling a leaf and 4 more holding larvae. How many ants is that, and how many feelers? - **1.** 7 ants and 14 feelers — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** 12 ants and 24 feelers — no support - **3.** 7 ants and 7 feelers — no support - **4.** 7 ants and 28 feelers — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} «bro there's one ant boss at the front telling the rest where to go» Is that right? - **1.** No, each ant follows a scent trail, there is no leader in front — **✓ the right answer** · score 5 - **2.** Yes, the queen always walks at the front and leads every line — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **3.** No, the ants follow the sun only — no support - **4.** Yes, the biggest ant always leads — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 83, line 1: «An elephant herd is a family of mothers, daughters, aunts and babies, and at the front walks the grandmother, the matriarch, who remembers where the water is a…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same place «front» (+4); the same action «walk» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, scored 5. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5} In an old film a giant ant the size of a bus stomps across a city. What would really happen? - **1.** It would collapse, because weight grows faster than strength as size grows — **✓ the right answer** · score 2 - **2.** It would fly away easily — score -3 - **3.** It would carry the whole city — score 1 - **4.** It would be even stronger for its size, and could lift the buildings — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 304, line 4: «Ants are strong for their size because weight shrinks faster than strength as an animal gets smaller. That is why a tiny ant can carry a crumb many times its w…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same circumstance (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2). Against it: the same doer «ants» (-1). The right option, 1, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} You wipe your finger across a line of ants. Why do the ants in that spot stop and wander? - **1.** You wiped away the scent trail — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** You scared the leader ant away for good — score 2 - **3.** They stop to count their steps again — score 4 - **4.** Your finger is too hot for them to cross — **← Mova's choice** · score 7 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 7, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 304, line 3: «Watch a line of ants crossing the kitchen floor. There is no leader in front; each ant follows a scent trail laid by others, and if you wipe your finger across…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «cross» (+4); the same doer «ants» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · right ✓ {#t7} «got stung by a massive ant in the rainforest, it's nothin innit» What is best? - **1.** It could be a bullet ant, with an extremely painful sting; tell a guide or adult — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** Go and poke the nest to check — no support - **3.** Ant stings never hurt — no support - **4.** Rub it with another ant to cure it, that's what the locals do — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} What would happen if a desert ant's legs were shortened? - **1.** It would stop short of its nest — **✓ the right answer** · score 9 - **2.** It would walk too far past its nest — **← Mova's choice** · score 11 - **3.** It would walk exactly home anyway — score 7 - **4.** It would forget where north is at once — score 0 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 2 with score 11, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 304, line 13: «Scientists put tiny stilts on Saharan desert ants and they walked too far past their nest, while ants with shortened legs stopped short; the ants measure dista…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «ants» (+4); the same action «walk» (+3); the same place «nest» (+2); the same property (+2). The right option, 1, scored 9. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Why are honeypot repletes useful when there is no food outside? - **1.** They feed the other ants from their stored liquid — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** They go out and find new food far away — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** They lay extra eggs — no support - **4.** They dig deeper tunnels to reach water — score 5 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 303, line 12: «The kea is a big green mountain parrot of New Zealand, one of the very few parrots that live among snowy mountains; its curiosity helps it find food in a harsh…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «find» (+3); the same thing acted on «food» (+2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10} A Matabele ant loses a leg in a termite raid. What would its nestmates most likely do? - **1.** Make it the new queen of the nest — no support - **2.** Leave it behind for the termites to eat — no support - **3.** Carry it home and lick its wounds — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **4.** Give it to a spider — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 59, line 17: «Violet seeds have a small fatty bit that ants love; ants carry the seed home, eat the fatty bit and throw the seed onto their rich rubbish pile, where it grows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «carry» (+2); the same property (+1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Why might a farmer prefer weaver ants to sprays on some trees? - **1.** Sprays are always illegal — no support - **2.** Ants water the trees — no support - **3.** Ants make the fruit much sweeter by dripping their honey on it — score 4 - **4.** The ants eat pests and leave no chemicals on the fruit — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 304, line 6: «Writings from China about 1,700 years ago describe farmers putting weaver ant nests in citrus trees to eat pests, one of the oldest known uses of one animal to…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same thing acted on «pests» (+2); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Identify the means by which weaver ants join the edges of leaves in the construction of their nests. - **1.** Wax secreted from glands upon the abdomen — no support - **2.** Silk produced by larvae held by worker ants — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 7 - **3.** Mud transported from the ground below — no support - **4.** Resin collected from the bark of trees — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 304, line 2: «Weaver ants sew leaves into nests, holding their own larvae like glue sticks that spin silk. Honeypot ants turn some workers into living jars of sweet liquid.…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «hold» (+3); the same circumstance (+3); the same thing acted on «own larvae» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the experiment in which Saharan desert ants were fitted with stilts. - **1.** The ants were unable to walk and remained stationary — score 5 - **2.** The ants returned precisely to their nest, indicating that they rely solely upon smell — score 5 - **3.** The ants abandoned their nest and constructed another — no support - **4.** The ants overshot their nest, indicating that they measure distance by a form of step counting — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 304, line 13: «Scientists put tiny stilts on Saharan desert ants and they walked too far past their nest, while ants with shortened legs stopped short; the ants measure dista…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «measure» (+4); the same doer «ants» (+1); the same thing acted on «distance» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the repletes of honeypot ants? - **1.** Queens that produce honey in place of eggs and are fed by the workers in return — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Soldiers that defend the nest with stings — no support - **3.** Workers whose abdomens are distended with liquid food, serving as stores for the colony — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Larvae that spin silk for the nest — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Ascertain the principal reason for which small animals such as ants may carry loads many times their own weight. - **1.** Ants possess metallic reinforcement within the joints of their legs — no support - **2.** Ants consume exceptionally nourishing food — **← Mova's choice** · score 4 - **3.** The loads carried by ants are always hollow — score 4 - **4.** Weight diminishes more rapidly than strength as body size decreases — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 117, line 13: «During the war in Ukraine some zoos were reported to be shelled; keepers stayed to feed the animals or moved them to safety, and some animals were taken to zoo…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «take» (+3); the same thing acted on «animals» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/304-ants-of-the-world-weaver-ants-bullet-ants-honeypot-ants-and-trap-jaw-ants/e4/) - ← previous: [303. Parrots of the world: macaws, cockatoos, African…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea/) - next →: [305. Bees beyond the hive: bumblebees, solitary bees,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/305-bees-beyond-the-hive-bumblebees-solitary-bees-carpenter-bees-and-stingless-bees/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/)