Which features of naked mole rats are similar to eusocial insects? (Check all that apply.)A) A single queen is responsible for breedingB) Colony has a large number of individualsC) Division of laborD) HaplodiploidyE) Higher relatedness between siblings than between parent and child

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

A, B, C

Clarify Question
• What is the key concept addressed by the question?
        o Comparing group living in naked mole rats and insects.
• What type of thinking is required?
        o This is an analyze question; you will need to break the choices down into their components to get the correct answer. In this question, you are being asked to select all of the similarities between naked mole rats and social insects. There are multiple correct answers.

Gather Content
• What do you already know about group living in different animal groups? What other information is related to the question? 
        o These 2 types of societies have lots of similarities, but they aren't identical. The organizations are quite similar, but the underlying genetics are quite different.

Choose Answer
• Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer?
        o The features responsible for the organization of the colony are the similarities.

Reflect on Process
• Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
        o Did you select all of the correct answers? The key is to see the difference between how the organization of the colony and the genes that produced those behaviors are different.