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Test Bank
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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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TEST BANK QUESTIONS
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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
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Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself by applying forces to the water, physiologists
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a. biomechanics.
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b. evolution.
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c. ecology.
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d. cell physiology.
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Answer: a ly
Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology
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Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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3. The data in the graph below would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology?
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8. Which of the following is considered the “on” switch for the light-emitting reaction of
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the firefly?
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a. Oxygen
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b. Luciferase
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c. Nitric oxide
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d. ATP
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Answer: c ly
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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9. A physiological mechanism or other trait that is a product of evolution and is
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a. an adaptation.
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b. natural selection.
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c. adaptive significance.
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d. evolution.
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Answer: a ly
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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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 ly
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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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 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
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12. Research in the field of _______ physiology emphasizes synthesis across levels of
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biological organization. ly
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b. comparative
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d. integrative
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Test Bank
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Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition
Hill • Wyse • Anderson
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© 2016 Sinauer Associates, Inc.
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Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TEST BANK QUESTIONS
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Multiple Choice ly
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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Answer: a ly
Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology
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Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself by applying forces to the water, physiologists
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would study its ly ly
a. biomechanics.
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b. evolution.
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c. ecology.
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d. cell physiology.
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Answer: a ly
Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology
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Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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3. The data in the graph below would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology?
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Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating ly ly ly
8. Which of the following is considered the “on” switch for the light-emitting reaction of
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the firefly?
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a. Oxygen
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b. Luciferase
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c. Nitric oxide
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d. ATP
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Answer: c ly
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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Bloom’s Category: 3. Applying ly ly ly
9. A physiological mechanism or other trait that is a product of evolution and is
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advantageous is called ly ly
a. an adaptation.
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b. natural selection.
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c. adaptive significance.
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d. evolution.
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Answer: a ly
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering ly ly ly
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 ly
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding ly ly ly
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 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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Answer: a ly
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions
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Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating ly ly ly
12. Research in the field of _______ physiology emphasizes synthesis across levels of
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biological organization. ly
a. evolutionary
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b. comparative
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c. environmental
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d. integrative
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