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Chapter1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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1. Whichstatement about the discipline ofphysiologyis false?
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a. It is a keydiscipline for understanding how animals change over Earth’s history.
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b. It is a key discipline for understanding the fundamental biologyof 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 keydiscipline for understandingthe health and disease of nonhuman animals.
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself byapplying forces to the water, physiologists
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a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cellphysiology.
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Textbook Reference: The HighlyIntegrative Nature ofPhysiology
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3. Thedata in the graph below would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology?
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,a. Evolution
b. Cell physiology
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c. Morphology
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4. In the study of physiology, the term “
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ranimals and the interactions among those components that enable animals to perform as
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5. Howis the light reaction in the fireflyinhibited?
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a. Mitochondria prevent oxygen from reacting with luciferyl-AMP. r r r r r r
b. Nitric oxide combines with oxygen to prevent reaction with luciferyl-AMP.
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c. ATP is prevented from combiningwith luciferin.
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d. Luciferase is prevented fromcatalyzingthe reaction. r r r r r r
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6. Which ofthe following is not needed in the mechanism of light production in the
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a. Oxygen
b. ATP
c. Light
d. Luciferin
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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. theelectron-excited product of O2 and luciferyl-AMP returns to its ground state.
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d. luciferaseisactivatedbyoxygen.
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8. Which ofthe following is considered the “on” switch for the light-emitting reaction of the
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firefly?
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d. ATP
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9. Aphysiologicalmechanismorothertrait that is aproductofevolutionand is
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d. evolution.
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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 waythat distinguishes their species.
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b. Allfireflies 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 lighttoevadepredators.
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11. Which ofthe following is a similaritybetween an octopus and a fish?
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a. Theevolutionaryadaptation of excellent vision
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b. The mechanism of vision
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c. The processingof visual signals before reaching the optic nerve
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d. Theneuroanatomyoftheeye
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12. Research in the field of r r r r r physiologyemphasizes synthesis across levels of r r r r r
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a. evolutionary
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c. environmental
d. integrative
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