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To keep something going or help it continue.
sustain
Ants work together to sustain their community. In this sentence, sustain means to do this.
keep the community going / support the community
Give one synonym for resembling.
looking like / matching / similar to
Ants live together in organized groups called these.
colonies
Ants use these body parts to communicate by stroking one another.
antennae / feelers
To look like or be similar to something.
resembling
A soldier ant camouflages itself by resembling nearby bark. The ant’s head must do this.
look like the bark
Give one synonym for deposit.
place / put / leave
These ants eat human flesh.
driver ants
These guests are cared for because they provide ants with sweet juices.
aphids and plant lice
To slow down, prevent, or interfere with something.
inhibit
Dirty antennae inhibit an ant’s ability to communicate. Dirty antennae do this to communication.
interfere with it / make it more difficult
Give one synonym for sustain.
support / maintain / continue
In a “hanging garden” home, these ants serve as living front doors.
soldier ants
These unwanted visitors eat dead insects collected by the ants.
scavengers
To place or leave something in a certain location.
deposit
Harvester ants deposit seed husks on rubbish heaps. The ants do this with the husks.
place or leave them on the heaps
Give one synonym for inhibit.
prevent / stop / hinder / interfere with
This tells the soldier ant to open the entrance to the nest.
being stroked by a worker ant’s antennae
Army ants are compared to these wandering people because they do not build permanent nests.
nomads
To make an action or process easier.
facilitate
Roads facilitate the cultivation process for leaf cutter ants. The roads do this for the process.
make it easier
Give one synonym for facilitate.
help / assist / ease / simplify
Leaf cutter ants build these to make carrying leaves and growing fungus easier.
large roads
Leaf cutter ants collect leaves, but they actually eat this food grown on the leaf pieces.
fungus