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Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition H
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Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology B
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3. The data in the graph below would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology?
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5. How is the light reaction in the firefly inhibited?
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6. Which of the following is not needed in the mechanism of light production in the fir
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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. the electron-excited product of O2 and luciferyl-AMP returns to its ground state.
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8. Which of the following is considered the “on” switch for the light-
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a. Oxygen
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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 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.
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11. Which of the following is a similarity between an octopus and a fish?
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d. integrative
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ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
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Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse & Margaret Anderson
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, Test Bank dt
to accompany dt
Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition H
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ill • Wyse • Anderson dt dt dt dt
Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TEST BANK QUESTIONS dt dt
Multiple Choice dt
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. A
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nswer: a dt
Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology Bloom’s
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Category: 5. Evaluating
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself by applying forces to the water, physiologists w
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ould study its dt dt
a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cell physiology. dt dt
Answer: a dt
Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology B
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loom’s Category: 2. Understanding dt dt dt
3. The data in the graph below would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology?
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,a. Evolution
b. Cell physiology dt
c. Morphology
d. Ecology
Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology B
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loom’s Category: 2. Understandingdt dt dt
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
c. natural selection dt
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. dt dt dt dt dt dt
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. dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
Answer: a dt
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 fir
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efly?
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.
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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 oxygen. dt dt dt dt dt
Answer: c dt
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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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? dt dt dt dt
a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
c. Nitric oxide dt
d. ATP
Answer: c dt
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 dt dt
a. an adaptation.
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b. natural selection. dt
c. adaptive significance. dt
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.
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Answer: c dt
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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b. The mechanism of visiondt dt dt
c. The processing of visual signals before reaching the optic nerve
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d. The neuroanatomy of the eye
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Answer: a dt
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 dt dt dt dt dt
physiology emphasizes synthesis across levels of biological organization. dt dt dt dt dt dt dt
a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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