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Answer: a
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself by applying forces to the water, physiologists
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a. biomechanics.
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3. The data in the graph below would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology?
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c. Morphology
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Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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4. In the study of physiology, the term ―
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animals and the interactions among those components that enable animals to perform as
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they do.
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d. mechanism
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering
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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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Answer: a
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7. In the firefly, light is emitted when
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a. Female fireflies emit light in such a way that distinguishes their species.
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