ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
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Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse & Margaret Anderson
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Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TESTmBANKmQUESTIONS
MultiplemChoice
1. Whichmstatementmaboutmthemdisciplinemofmphysiologymismfalse?
a. ItmismamkeymdisciplinemformunderstandingmhowmanimalsmchangemovermEarth’smhistory.
b. Itmismamkeymdisciplinemformunderstandingmthemfundamentalmbiologymofmallmanimals.
c. Itmismamkeymdisciplinemformunderstandingmhumanmhealthmandmdisease.
d. Itmismamkeymdisciplinemformunderstandingmthemhealthmandmdiseasemofmnonhumanmanima
ls.mAnswer:ma
TextbookmReference:mThemImportancemofmPhysiologymBloo
m’smCategory:m5.mEvaluating
2. Tomunderstandmhowmamfishmpropelsmitselfmbymapplyingmforcesmtomthemwater,mphysiologi
stsmwouldmstudymits
a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cellmphysiology
.mAnswer:ma
TextbookmReference:mThemHighlymIntegrativemNaturemofmPhysiology
mBloom’smCategory:m2.mUnderstanding
3. Themdataminmthemgraphmbelowmwouldmbemrelevantmtomwhichmsubdisciplinemofmphysiology?
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,a. Evolution
b. Cellmphysiology
c. Morphology
d. Ecology
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d
TextbookmReference:mThemHighlymIntegrativemNaturemofmPhysiology
mBloom’smCategory:m2.mUnderstanding
4. Inmthemstudymofmphysiology,mthemtermm“
”mrefersmtomthemcomponentsmofmlivingmanimalsmandmtheminteractionsmamongmthosemcom
ponentsmthatmenablemanimalsmtomperformmasmtheymdo.
a. feedback
b. regulation
c. naturalmselection
d. mechanism
mAnswer:md
TextbookmReference:mMechanismmandmOrigin:mPhysiology’smTwomCentralmQuestionsmBlo
om’smCategory:m1.mRemembering
5. Howmismthemlightmreactionminmthemfireflyminhibited?
a. Mitochondriampreventmoxygenmfrommreactingmwithmluciferyl-AMP.
b. Nitricmoxidemcombinesmwithmoxygenmtompreventmreactionmwithmluciferyl-AMP.
c. ATPmismpreventedmfrommcombiningmwithmluciferin.
d. Luciferasemismpreventedmfrommcatalyzingmthemreactio
n.mAnswer:ma
TextbookmReference:mMechanismmandmOrigin:mPhysiology’smTwomCentralmQuestionsmBlo
om’smCategory:m2.mUnderstanding
6. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismnotmneededminmthemmechanismmofmlightmproductionminmt
hemfirefly?
a. Oxygen
b. ATP
c. Light
d. Luciferin
mAnswer:mc
TextbookmReference:mMechanismmandmOrigin:mPhysiology’smTwomCentralmQuestionsmBlo
om’smCategory:m2.mUnderstanding
7. Inmthemfirefly,mlightmismemittedmwhen
a. ATPmcombinesmwithmluciferin,mformingmluciferyl-AMP.
b. releasedmnitricmoxidemblocksmthemmitochondria’smusemofmoxygen.
c. themelectron-excitedmproductmofmO2m andmluciferyl-AMPmreturnsmtomitsmgroundmstate.
d. luciferasemismactivatedmbymoxygen
.mAnswer:mc
TextbookmReference:mMechanismmandmOrigin:mPhysiology’smTwomCentralmQuestions
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, Bloom’smCategory:m5.mEvaluating
8. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismconsideredmthem“on”mswitchmformthemlight-
emittingmreactionmofmthemfirefly?
a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
c. Nitricmoxide
d. ATP
Answer:mc
TextbookmReference:mMechanismmandmOrigin:mPhysiology’smTwomCentralmQuestionsmBlo
om’smCategory:m3.mApplying
9. Amphysiologicalmmechanismmormothermtraitmthatmismamproductmofmevolutionmand
mismadvantageousmismcalled
a. anmadaptation.
b. naturalmselection.
c. adaptivemsignificance.
d. evolution.
mAnswer:ma
TextbookmReference:mMechanismmandmOrigin:mPhysiology’smTwomCentralmQuestionsmBlo
om’smCategory:m1.mRemembering
10. Whatmismthemadaptivemsignificancemofmlightmemissionminmthemfirefly?
a. Femalemfirefliesmemitmlightminmsuchmamwaymthatmdistinguishesmtheirmspecies.
b. Allmfirefliesmemitmlightmtomluremprey.
c. Malemfirefliesmemitmlightmtomattractmmates.
d. Malemfirefliesmemitmlightmtomevadempredator
s.mAnswer:mc
TextbookmReference:mMechanismmandmOrigin:mPhysiology’smTwomCentralmQuestionsmBlo
om’smCategory:m2.mUnderstanding
11. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismamsimilaritymbetweenmanmoctopusmandmamfish?
a. Themevolutionarymadaptationmofmexcellentmvision
b. Themmechanismmofmvision
c. Themprocessingmofmvisualmsignalsmbeforemreachingmthemopticmnerve
d. Themneuroanatomymofmthemey
emAnswer:ma
TextbookmReference:mMechanismmandmOrigin:mPhysiology’smTwomCentralmQuestionsmBlo
om’smCategory:m5.mEvaluating
12. Researchminmthemfieldmofm
physiologymemphasizesmsynthesismacrossmlevelsmofmbiologicalmorganization.
a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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