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Animal Physiology, Fith Edition H
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ill • Wyse • Anderson@c @c @c @c
Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TEST BANK QUESTIONS @c @c
Multiple Choice @c
1. Which statement about the discipline of physiology is false?
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a. It is a key discipline for understanding how animals change over Earth’s history.
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b. It is a key discipline for understanding the fundamental biology of all animals.
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c. It is a key discipline for understanding human health and disease.
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d. It is a key discipline for understanding the health and disease of nonhuman ani
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mals. Answer: a@c @c
Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology Bloo
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m’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself by applying forces to the water, physiol
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ogists would study its
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a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cell physiology
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. Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiolo
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gy Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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3. The data in the graph below would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology?
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,a. Evolution
b. Cell physiology @c
c. Morphology
d. Ecology
Answer:
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d
Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiolo
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gy Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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4. In the study of physiology, the term ―
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‖ refers to the components of living animals and the interactions among those
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components that enable animals to perform as they do.
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a. feedback
b. regulation
c. natural selection @c
d. mechanism
Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 1. Remembering
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5. How is the light reaction in the firefly inhibited?
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a. Mitochondria prevent oxygen from reacting with luciferyl-AMP.
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b. Nitric oxide combines with oxygen to prevent reaction with luciferyl-AMP.
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c. ATP is prevented from combining with luciferin.
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d. Luciferase is prevented from catalyzing the reactio
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n. Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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6. Which of the following is not needed in the mechanism of light production
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in the firefly?
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a. Oxygen
b. ATP
c. Light
d. Luciferin
Answer:
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c
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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7. In the firefly, light is emitted when
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a. ATP combines with luciferin, forming luciferyl-AMP.
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b. released nitric oxide blocks the mitochondria’s use of oxygen.
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c. the electron-excited product of O2 and luciferyl-AMP returns to its ground state.
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d. luciferase is activated by oxyge @c @c @c @c
n. Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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, Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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8. Which of the following is considered the ―on‖ switch for the light-
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emitting reaction of the firefly?
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a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
c. Nitric oxide @c
d. ATP
Answer: c @c
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 3. Applying
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9. A physiological mechanism or other trait that is a product of evolution
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and is advantageous is called
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a. an adaptation.
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b. natural selection. @c
c. adaptive significance. @c
d. evolution.
Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 1. Remembering
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10. What is the adaptive significance of light emission in the firefly?
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a. Female fireflies emit light in such a way that distinguishes their species.
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b. All fireflies emit light to lure prey.
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c. Male fireflies emit light to attract mates.
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d. Male fireflies emit light to evade predato
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rs. Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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11. Which of the following is a similarity between an octopus and a fish?
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a. The evolutionary adaptation of excellent vision
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b. The mechanism of vision
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c. The processing of visual signals before reaching the optic nerve
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d. The neuroanatomy of the e
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ye Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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12. Research in the field of @c @c @c @c @c
physiology emphasizes synthesis across levels of biological organization.
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a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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to accompany @c
Animal Physiology, Fith Edition H
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ill • Wyse • Anderson@c @c @c @c
Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TEST BANK QUESTIONS @c @c
Multiple Choice @c
1. Which statement about the discipline of physiology is false?
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a. It is a key discipline for understanding how animals change over Earth’s history.
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b. It is a key discipline for understanding the fundamental biology of all animals.
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c. It is a key discipline for understanding human health and disease.
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d. It is a key discipline for understanding the health and disease of nonhuman ani
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mals. Answer: a@c @c
Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology Bloo
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m’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself by applying forces to the water, physiol
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ogists would study its
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a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cell physiology
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. Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiolo
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gy Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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3. The data in the graph below would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology?
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,a. Evolution
b. Cell physiology @c
c. Morphology
d. Ecology
Answer:
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d
Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiolo
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gy Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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4. In the study of physiology, the term ―
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‖ refers to the components of living animals and the interactions among those
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components that enable animals to perform as they do.
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a. feedback
b. regulation
c. natural selection @c
d. mechanism
Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 1. Remembering
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5. How is the light reaction in the firefly inhibited?
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a. Mitochondria prevent oxygen from reacting with luciferyl-AMP.
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b. Nitric oxide combines with oxygen to prevent reaction with luciferyl-AMP.
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c. ATP is prevented from combining with luciferin.
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d. Luciferase is prevented from catalyzing the reactio
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n. Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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6. Which of the following is not needed in the mechanism of light production
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in the firefly?
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a. Oxygen
b. ATP
c. Light
d. Luciferin
Answer:
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c
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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7. In the firefly, light is emitted when
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a. ATP combines with luciferin, forming luciferyl-AMP.
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b. released nitric oxide blocks the mitochondria’s use of oxygen.
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c. the electron-excited product of O2 and luciferyl-AMP returns to its ground state.
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d. luciferase is activated by oxyge @c @c @c @c
n. Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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, Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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8. Which of the following is considered the ―on‖ switch for the light-
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emitting reaction of the firefly?
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a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
c. Nitric oxide @c
d. ATP
Answer: c @c
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 3. Applying
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9. A physiological mechanism or other trait that is a product of evolution
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and is advantageous is called
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a. an adaptation.
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b. natural selection. @c
c. adaptive significance. @c
d. evolution.
Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 1. Remembering
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10. What is the adaptive significance of light emission in the firefly?
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a. Female fireflies emit light in such a way that distinguishes their species.
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b. All fireflies emit light to lure prey.
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c. Male fireflies emit light to attract mates.
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d. Male fireflies emit light to evade predato
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rs. Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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11. Which of the following is a similarity between an octopus and a fish?
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a. The evolutionary adaptation of excellent vision
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b. The mechanism of vision
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c. The processing of visual signals before reaching the optic nerve
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d. The neuroanatomy of the e
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ye Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions B
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loom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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12. Research in the field of @c @c @c @c @c
physiology emphasizes synthesis across levels of biological organization.
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a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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