TEST BANK
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse & Margaret Anderson
, Test Bank
to accompany
Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition
Hill • Wyse • Anderson
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?
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,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
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, Bloom’s fCategory: f5. fEvaluating
8. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fconsidered fthe f“on” fswitch ffor fthe flight-emitting
freaction fof fthe ffirefly?
a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
c. Nitric foxide
d. ATP
Answer: fc
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f3. fApplying
9. A fphysiological fmechanism for fother ftrait fthat fis fa fproduct fof fevolution
fand fis fadvantageous fis fcalled
a. an fadaptation.
b. natural fselection.
c. adaptive fsignificance.
d. evolution.
fAnswer: fa
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f1. fRemembering
10. What fis fthe fadaptive fsignificance fof flight femission fin fthe ffirefly?
a. Female ffireflies femit flight fin fsuch fa fway fthat fdistinguishes ftheir fspecies.
b. All ffireflies femit flight fto flure fprey.
c. Male ffireflies femit flight fto fattract fmates.
d. Male ffireflies femit flight fto fevade
fpredators. fAnswer: fc
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f2. fUnderstanding
11. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fa fsimilarity fbetween fan foctopus fand fa ffish?
a. The fevolutionary fadaptation fof fexcellent fvision
b. The fmechanism fof fvision
c. The fprocessing fof fvisual fsignals fbefore freaching fthe foptic fnerve
d. The fneuroanatomy fof fthe
feye fAnswer: fa
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f5. fEvaluating
12. Research fin fthe ffield fof f physiology femphasizes fsynthesis facross flevels
fof fbiological forganization.
a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
© 2016 Sinauer Associates, Inc.
ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION
Richard W. Hill, Gordon A. Wyse & Margaret Anderson
, Test Bank
to accompany
Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition
Hill • Wyse • Anderson
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?
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,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
© 2016 Sinauer Associates, Inc.
, Bloom’s fCategory: f5. fEvaluating
8. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fconsidered fthe f“on” fswitch ffor fthe flight-emitting
freaction fof fthe ffirefly?
a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
c. Nitric foxide
d. ATP
Answer: fc
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f3. fApplying
9. A fphysiological fmechanism for fother ftrait fthat fis fa fproduct fof fevolution
fand fis fadvantageous fis fcalled
a. an fadaptation.
b. natural fselection.
c. adaptive fsignificance.
d. evolution.
fAnswer: fa
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f1. fRemembering
10. What fis fthe fadaptive fsignificance fof flight femission fin fthe ffirefly?
a. Female ffireflies femit flight fin fsuch fa fway fthat fdistinguishes ftheir fspecies.
b. All ffireflies femit flight fto flure fprey.
c. Male ffireflies femit flight fto fattract fmates.
d. Male ffireflies femit flight fto fevade
fpredators. fAnswer: fc
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f2. fUnderstanding
11. Which fof fthe ffollowing fis fa fsimilarity fbetween fan foctopus fand fa ffish?
a. The fevolutionary fadaptation fof fexcellent fvision
b. The fmechanism fof fvision
c. The fprocessing fof fvisual fsignals fbefore freaching fthe foptic fnerve
d. The fneuroanatomy fof fthe
feye fAnswer: fa
Textbook fReference: fMechanism fand fOrigin: fPhysiology’s fTwo fCentral fQuestions
fBloom’s fCategory: f5. fEvaluating
12. Research fin fthe ffield fof f physiology femphasizes fsynthesis facross flevels
fof fbiological forganization.
a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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