Tandem running

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/tandem-running

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific classification (ants)?Order Hymenoptera, Family Formicidae
2. What is the scientific classification (termites)?Order Blattodea, Infraorder Isoptera
3. Why does the leader ant slow down and pause?The leader slows and pauses so the follower can keep up, learn the path, and the leader sacrifices some energy for the group's benefit.
4. How does the follower ant learn the route?The follower touches the leader with its antennae, watches landmarks, and remembers the way to guide others later.

Social Cognition: The cognitive processes underlying social interactions and understanding.
Pheromonal Communication: The use of chemical signals to transmit information between individuals of the same species.
Emigration: The act of leaving one's own country or region to settle permanently in another.
Adaptive Significance: The role of a trait in increasing an organism's survival and reproductive success.