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Ant Colony:Cloze Activity
Fill in the blanks below using words from the word bank.

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Word Bank:

colonies

complex

large

land

defend

millions

insects

harvester

flies

daughters

queen

eggs

Ants are common social _________________________. They always live in _________________________ (groups of related ants); some colonies have _________________________ of ants in them. There are thousands of species of ants found all over the world and in just about every type of _________________________ environment. Ants exhibit _________________________ behavior; some ants build intricate nests, some are fierce warriors, some collect and store seeds (_________________________ ants), some capture slaves, and some farm fungi (leaf-cutter ants).

Each ant colony consists of:

Queen - The queen begins her life with wings, which she uses while mating. After mating with a male ant (or many males), she _________________________ to her nesting area. She then loses her wings and spends her life laying _________________________.
Workers - Workers are the many sterile (non-reproducing), wingless female worker ants who are the _________________________ of the queen. These workers collect food and feed members of the colony, defend the colony, and enlarge the nest. Most of the ants in a colony are workers.
Soldiers - Soldiers are _________________________ workers (sterile females) who _________________________ the colony and often raid other colonies, capturing slaves.
Males - Males are small ants that have wings. They fly from the colony to mate with a _________________________. They die soon afterwards.

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