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Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TESTcBANKcQUESTIONS
MultiplecChoice
1.cWhichcstatementcaboutcthecdisciplinecofcphysiologyciscfalse?
a.cItciscackeycdisciplinecforcunderstandingchowcanimalscchangecovercEarth’schistory.
b.cItciscackeycdisciplinecforcunderstandingcthecfundamentalcbiologycofcallcanimals.
c.cItciscackeycdisciplinecforcunderstandingchumanchealthcandcdisease.
d.cItciscackeycdisciplinecforcunderstandingcthechealthcandcdiseasecofcnonhumancanimals.
Answer:ca
TextbookcReference:cThecImportancecofcPhysiology
Bloom’scCategory:c5.cEvaluating
2.cTocunderstandchowcacfishcpropelscitselfcbycapplyingcforcesctocthecwater,cphysiologists
wouldcstudycits
a.cbiomechanics.
b.cevolution.
c.cecology.
d.ccellcphysiology.
Answer:ca
TextbookcReference:cThecHighlycIntegrativecNaturecofcPhysiology
Bloom’scCategory:c2.cUnderstanding
3.cThecdatacincthecgraphcbelowcwouldcbecrelevantctocwhichcsubdisciplinecofcphysiology?
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a.cEvolution
b.cCellcphysiology
c.cMorphology
d.cEcology
Answer:cd
TextbookcReference:cThecHighlycIntegrativecNaturecofcPhysiology
Bloom’scCategory:c2.cUnderstanding
4.cIncthecstudycofcphysiology,cthectermc“_______”crefersctoctheccomponentscofcliving
animalscandcthecinteractionscamongcthoseccomponentscthatcenablecanimalsctocperformcas
theycdo.
a.cfeedback
b.cregulation
c.cnaturalcselection
d.cmechanism
Answer:cd
TextbookcReference:cMechanismcandcOrigin:cPhysiology’scTwocCentralcQuestions
Bloom’scCategory:c1.cRemembering
5.cHowcisctheclightcreactioncincthecfireflycinhibited?
a.cMitochondriacpreventcoxygencfromcreactingcwithcluciferyl-AMP.
b.cNitriccoxideccombinescwithcoxygenctocpreventcreactioncwithcluciferyl-AMP.
c.cATPciscpreventedcfromccombiningcwithcluciferin.
d.cLuciferaseciscpreventedcfromccatalyzingcthecreaction.
Answer:ca
TextbookcReference:cMechanismcandcOrigin:cPhysiology’scTwocCentralcQuestions
Bloom’scCategory:c2.cUnderstanding
6.cWhichcofcthecfollowingciscnotcneededcincthecmechanismcofclightcproductioncincthe
firefly?
a.cOxygen
b.cATP
c.cLight
d.cLuciferin
Answer:cc
TextbookcReference:cMechanismcandcOrigin:cPhysiology’scTwocCentralcQuestions
Bloom’scCategory:c2.cUnderstanding
7.cIncthecfirefly,clightciscemittedcwhen
a.cATPccombinescwithcluciferin,cformingcluciferyl-AMP.
b.creleasedcnitriccoxidecblockscthecmitochondria’scusecofcoxygen.
c.cthecelectron-excitedcproductcofcO2 andcluciferyl-AMPcreturnsctocitscgroundcstate.
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d.cluciferaseciscactivatedcbycoxygen.
Answer:cc
TextbookcReference:cMechanismcandcOrigin:cPhysiology’scTwocCentralcQuestions
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Bloom’scCategory:c5.cEvaluating
8.cWhichcofcthecfollowingciscconsideredcthec“on”cswitchcforctheclight-emittingcreactioncof
thecfirefly?
a.cOxygen
b.cLuciferase
c.cNitriccoxide
d.cATP
Answer:cc
TextbookcReference:cMechanismcandcOrigin:cPhysiology’scTwocCentralcQuestions
Bloom’scCategory:c3.cApplying
9.cAcphysiologicalcmechanismcorcotherctraitcthatciscacproductcofcevolutioncandcis
advantageouscisccalled
a.cancadaptation.
b.cnaturalcselection.
c.cadaptivecsignificance.
d.cevolution.
Answer:ca
TextbookcReference:cMechanismcandcOrigin:cPhysiology’scTwocCentralcQuestions
Bloom’scCategory:c1.cRemembering
10.cWhatciscthecadaptivecsignificancecofclightcemissioncincthecfirefly?
a.cFemalecfirefliescemitclightcincsuchcacwaycthatcdistinguishesctheircspecies.
b.cAllcfirefliescemitclightctoclurecprey.
c.cMalecfirefliescemitclightctocattractcmates.
d.cMalecfirefliescemitclightctocevadecpredators.
Answer:cc
TextbookcReference:cMechanismcandcOrigin:cPhysiology’scTwocCentralcQuestions
Bloom’scCategory:c2.cUnderstanding
11.cWhichcofcthecfollowingciscacsimilaritycbetweencancoctopuscandcacfish?
a.cThecevolutionarycadaptationcofcexcellentcvision
b.cThecmechanismcofcvision
c.cThecprocessingcofcvisualcsignalscbeforecreachingcthecopticcnerve
d.cThecneuroanatomycofctheceye
Answer:ca
TextbookcReference:cMechanismcandcOrigin:cPhysiology’scTwocCentralcQuestions
Bloom’scCategory:c5.cEvaluating
12.cResearchcincthecfieldcofc_______cphysiologycemphasizescsynthesiscacrossclevelscof
biologicalcorganization.
a.cevolutionary
b.ccomparative
c.cenvironmental
d.cintegrative
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