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ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
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Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse & Margaret Anderson
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Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition
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Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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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.
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Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology Bloom’
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Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology
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c. Morphology
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloo
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6. Which of the following is not needed in the mechanism of light production in the f
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloo
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a. an adaptation.
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d. evolution.
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloo
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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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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloo
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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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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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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Bloo
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physiology emphasizes synthesis across levels of biological organization.
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