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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 x#
to accompany x#
Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition
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Hill • Wyse • Andersonx# x# x# x#
Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TEST BANK QUESTIONS x# x#
Multiple Choice x#
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 animal
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s. Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology Bloom
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’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself by applying forces to the water, physiologis
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ts would study its
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a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cell physiology. x#
Answer: a
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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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c.
,a. Evolution
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c. Morphology
d. Ecology
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d
Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology
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Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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4. In the study of physiology, the term “
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” refers to the components of living animals and the interactions among those com
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ponents that enable animals to perform as they do.
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a. feedback
b. regulation
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d. mechanism
Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Blo
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om’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.
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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.
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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Blo
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6. Which of the following is not needed in the mechanism of light production in t
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he firefly?
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a. Oxygen
b. ATP
c. Light
d. Luciferin
Answer: c
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om’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. x# x# x# x#
Answer: c
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c.
, Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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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?
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a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
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d. ATP
Answer: c x#
Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Blo
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om’s Category: 3. Applying
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9. A physiological mechanism or other trait that is a product of evolution and
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is advantageous is called
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a. an adaptation.
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d. evolution.
Answer: a
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om’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
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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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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Blo
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om’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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12. Research in the field of x# x# x# x# x#
physiology emphasizes synthesis across levels of biological organization.
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a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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c.
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
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Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse & Margaret Anderson
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, Test Bank x#
to accompany x#
Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition
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Hill • Wyse • Andersonx# x# x# x#
Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TEST BANK QUESTIONS x# x#
Multiple Choice x#
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 animal
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s. Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology Bloom
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’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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2. To understand how a fish propels itself by applying forces to the water, physiologis
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ts would study its
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a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cell physiology. x#
Answer: a
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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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c.
,a. Evolution
b. Cell physiology x#
c. Morphology
d. Ecology
Answer:
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d
Textbook Reference: The Highly Integrative Nature of Physiology
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Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding
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4. In the study of physiology, the term “
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” refers to the components of living animals and the interactions among those com
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ponents that enable animals to perform as they do.
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a. feedback
b. regulation
c. natural selection x#
d. mechanism
Answer: d
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Blo
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om’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.
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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.
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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Blo
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6. Which of the following is not needed in the mechanism of light production in t
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he firefly?
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a. Oxygen
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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. x# x# x# x#
Answer: c
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c.
, Bloom’s Category: 5. Evaluating
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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?
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a. Oxygen
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d. ATP
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9. A physiological mechanism or other trait that is a product of evolution and
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is advantageous is called
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a. an adaptation.
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d. evolution.
Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions Blo
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om’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
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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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Answer: a
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