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Animal fPhysiology, fFourth fEdition
Hill f• fWyse f• fAnderson
Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TEST fBANK fQUESTIONS
Multiple fChoice
1. Which fstatement fabout fthe fdiscipline fof fphysiology fis ffalse?
a. It fis fa fkey fdiscipline ffor funderstanding fhow fanimals fchange fover fEarth’s fhistory.
b. It fis fa fkey fdiscipline ffor funderstanding fthe ffundamental fbiology fof fall fanimals.
c. It fis fa fkey fdiscipline ffor funderstanding fhuman fhealth fand fdisease.
d. It fis fa fkey fdiscipline ffor funderstanding fthe fhealth fand fdisease fof fnonhuman fanimals.
fAnswer: fa
Textbook fReference: fThe fImportance fof fPhysiology
Bloom’s fCategory: f5. fEvaluating
2. To funderstand fhow fa ffish fpropels fitself fby fapplying fforces fto fthe fwater, fphysiologists
fwould fstudy fits
a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cell fphysiology.
fAnswer: fa
Textbook fReference: fThe fHighly fIntegrative fNature fof fPhysiology
Bloom’s fCategory: f2. fUnderstanding
3. The fdata fin fthe fgraph fbelow fwould fbe frelevant fto fwhich fsubdiscipline fof fphysiology?
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,a. Evolution
b. Cell fphysiology
c. Morphology
d. Ecology
fAnswer: fd
Textbook fReference: fThe fHighly fIntegrative fNature fof fPhysiology
Bloom’s fCategory: f2. fUnderstanding
4. In fthe fstudy fof fphysiology, fthe fterm f― ‖ frefers fto fthe fcomponents fof fliving
fanimals fand fthe finteractions famong fthose fcomponents fthat fenable fanimals fto fperform fas
fthey fdo.
a. feedback
b. regulation
c. natural fselection
d. mechanism
fAnswer: fd
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f1. fRemembering
5. How fis fthe flight freaction fin fthe ffirefly finhibited?
a. Mitochondria fprevent foxygen ffrom freacting fwith fluciferyl-AMP.
b. Nitric foxide fcombines fwith foxygen fto fprevent freaction fwith fluciferyl-AMP.
c. ATP fis fprevented ffrom fcombining fwith fluciferin.
d. Luciferase fis fprevented ffrom fcatalyzing fthe freaction.
fAnswer: fa
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f2. fUnderstanding
6. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fnot fneeded fin fthe fmechanism fof flight fproduction fin fthe
ffirefly?
a. Oxygen
b. ATP
c. Light
d. Luciferin
fAnswer: fc
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f2. fUnderstanding
7. In fthe ffirefly, flight fis femitted fwhen
a. ATP fcombines fwith fluciferin, fforming fluciferyl-AMP.
b. released fnitric foxide fblocks fthe fmitochondria’s fuse fof foxygen.
c. the felectron-excited fproduct fof fO2 f and fluciferyl-AMP freturns fto fits fground fstate.
d. luciferase fis factivated fby foxygen.
fAnswer: fc
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
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, Bloom’s fCategory: f5. fEvaluating
8. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fconsidered fthe f―on‖ fswitch ffor fthe flight-emitting freaction fof
fthe ffirefly?
a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
c. Nitric foxide
d. ATP
Answer: fc
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f3. fApplying
9. A fphysiological fmechanism for fother ftrait fthat fis fa fproduct fof fevolution fand fis
fadvantageous fis fcalled
a. an fadaptation.
b. natural fselection.
c. adaptive fsignificance.
d. evolution.
fAnswer: fa
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f1. fRemembering
10. What fis fthe fadaptive fsignificance fof flight femission fin fthe ffirefly?
a. Female ffireflies femit flight fin fsuch fa fway fthat fdistinguishes ftheir fspecies.
b. All ffireflies femit flight fto flure fprey.
c. Male ffireflies femit flight fto fattract fmates.
d. Male ffireflies femit flight fto fevade fpredators.
fAnswer: fc
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f2. fUnderstanding
11. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fa fsimilarity fbetween fan foctopus fand fa ffish?
a. The fevolutionary fadaptation fof fexcellent fvision
b. The fmechanism fof fvision
c. The fprocessing fof fvisual fsignals fbefore freaching fthe foptic fnerve
d. The fneuroanatomy fof fthe feye
fAnswer: fa
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f5. fEvaluating
12. Research fin fthe ffield fof f physiology femphasizes fsynthesis facross flevels fof
fbiological forganization.
a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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