ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
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RichardW.Hill,GordonA.Wyse & Margaret Anderson
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Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition H
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ill • Wyse • Anderson zl zl zl zl
Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TEST BANK QUESTIONS zl zl
Multiple Choice zl
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 animals. An
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swer: a zl
Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology Bloom’s zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself by applying forces to the water, physiologists wo
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uld study its
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a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cell physiology. zl zl
Answer: a zl
Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology B
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loom’s Category: 2. Understanding zl zl zl
3. The data in the graph below would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology?
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,a. Evolution
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c. Morphology
d. Ecology
Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology B
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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 compone
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nts that enable animals to perform as they do.
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a. feedback
b. regulation
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d. mechanism
Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloom’
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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. zl zl zl zl zl zl
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 reaction. A zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
nswer: a zl
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloom’
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s Category: 2. Understanding
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6. Which of the following is not needed in the mechanism of light production in the fire
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fly?
a. Oxygen
b. ATP
c. Light
d. Luciferin
Answer: c
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloom’
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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. zl zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
c. the electron-excited product of O2 and luciferyl-AMP returns to its ground state.
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d. luciferase is activated byoxygen. zl zl zl zl zl
Answer: c zl
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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, Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating zl zl zl
8. Which of the following is considered the “on” switch for the light-
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emitting reaction of the firefly? zl zl zl zl
a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
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d. ATP
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloom’
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s Category: 3. Applying
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9. A physiological mechanism or other trait that is a product of evolution and is ad
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vantageous is called zl zl
a. an adaptation.
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b. natural selection. zl
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d. evolution.
Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloom’
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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 predators. A
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nswer: c zl
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloom’
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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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c. The processing of visual signals before reaching the optic nerve
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d. The neuroanatomyof the eye
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Answer: a zl
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloom’
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s Category: 5. Evaluating
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12. Research in the field of zl zl zl zl zl
physiology emphasizes synthesis across levels of biological organization. zl zl zl zl zl zl zl
a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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