Animal
Physiology
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FOURTH EDITION
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TESTBANK |
HILL • WYSE • ANDERSON
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, Chapter |1: |Animals |and |Environments: |Function |on |the |Ecological |Stage
TEST |BANK |QUESTIONS
Multiple |Choice
1. Which |statement |about |the |discipline |of |physiology |is |false?
a. It |is |a |key |discipline |for |understanding |how |animals |change |over |Earth’s |history.
b. It |is |a |key |discipline |for |understanding |the |fundamental |biology |of |all |animals.
c. It |is |a |key |discipline |for |understanding |human |health |and |disease.
d. It |is |a |key |discipline |for |understanding |the |health |and |disease |of |nonhuman |animals.
|Answer: |a
Textbook |Reference: |The |Importance |of |Physiology |Bloom’s
|Category: |5. |Evaluating
2. To |understand |how |a |fish |propels |itself |by|applying |forces |to |the |water, |physiologists
|would |study |its
a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cell |physiology.
|Answer: |a
Textbook |Reference: |The |Highly |Integrative |Nature |of |Physiology
|Bloom’s |Category: |2. |Understanding
3. The |data |in |the |graph |below |would |be |relevant |to |which |subdiscipline |of |physiology?
,a. Evolution
b. Cell |physiology
c. Morphology
d. Ecology
|Answer: |d
Textbook |Reference: |The |Highly |Integrative |Nature |of |Physiology
|Bloom’s |Category: |2. |Understanding
4. In |the |study |of |physiology, |the |term |“ ” |refers |to |the |components |of |living
|animals |and |the |interactions |among |those |components |that |enable |animals |to |perform |as
|they |do.
a. feedback
b. regulation
c. natural |selection
d. mechanism
|Answer: |d
Textbook |Reference: |Mechanism |and |Origin: |Physiology’s |Two |Central |Questions
|Bloom’s |Category: |1. |Remembering
5. How |is |the |light |reaction |in |the |firefly |inhibited?
a. Mitochondria |prevent |oxygen |from |reacting |with |luciferyl-AMP.
b. Nitric |oxide |combines |with |oxygen |to |prevent |reaction |with |luciferyl-AMP.
c. ATP |is |prevented |from |combining |with |luciferin.
d. Luciferase |is |prevented |from |catalyzing |the |reaction.
|Answer: |a
Textbook |Reference: |Mechanism |and |Origin: |Physiology’s |Two |Central |Questions
|Bloom’s |Category: |2. |Understanding
6. Which |of |the |following |is |not |needed |in |the |mechanism |of |light |production |in |the
|firefly?
a. Oxygen
b. ATP
c. Light
d. Luciferin
|Answer: |c
Textbook |Reference: |Mechanism |and |Origin: |Physiology’s |Two |Central |Questions
|Bloom’s |Category: |2. |Understanding
7. In |the |firefly, |light |is |emitted |when
a. ATP |combines |with |luciferin, |forming |luciferyl-AMP.
b. released |nitric |oxide |blocks |the |mitochondria’s |use |of |oxygen.
c. the |electron-excited |product |of |O2 | and |luciferyl-AMP |returns |to |its |ground |state.
d. luciferase |is |activated |by|oxygen.
|Answer: |c
Textbook |Reference: |Mechanism |and |Origin: |Physiology’s |Two |Central |Questions
, Bloom’s |Category: |5. |Evaluating
8. Which |of |the |following |is |considered |the |“on” |switch |for |the |light-emitting |reaction |of
|the |firefly?
a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
c. Nitric |oxide
d. ATP
Answer: |c
Textbook |Reference: |Mechanism |and |Origin: |Physiology’s |Two |Central |Questions
|Bloom’s |Category: |3. |Applying
9. A |physiological |mechanism |or |other |trait |that |is |a |product |of |evolution |and |is
|advantageous |is |called
a. an |adaptation.
b. natural |selection.
c. adaptive |significance.
d. evolution.
Answer: |a
Textbook |Reference: |Mechanism |and |Origin: |Physiology’s |Two |Central |Questions
|Bloom’s |Category: |1. |Remembering
10. What |is |the |adaptive |significance |of |light |emission |in |the |firefly?
a. Female |fireflies |emit |light |in |such |a |way |that |distinguishes |their |species.
b. All |fireflies |emit |light |to |lure |prey.
c. Male |fireflies |emit |light |to |attract |mates.
d. Male |fireflies |emit |light |to |evade |predators.
|Answer: |c
Textbook |Reference: |Mechanism |and |Origin: |Physiology’s |Two |Central |Questions
|Bloom’s |Category: |2. |Understanding
11. Which |of |the |following |is |a |similarity |between |an |octopus |and |a |fish?
a. The |evolutionary |adaptation |of |excellent |vision
b. The |mechanism |of |vision
c. The |processing |of |visual |signals |before |reaching |the |optic |nerve
d. The |neuroanatomy|of |the |eye
|Answer: |a
Textbook |Reference: |Mechanism |and |Origin: |Physiology’s |Two |Central |Questions
|Bloom’s |Category: |5. |Evaluating
12. Research |in |the |field |of physiology |emphasizes |synthesis |across |levels |of
|biological |organization.
a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative