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Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage
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TESTrBANKrQUESTIONS
MultiplerChoice
1. Whichrstatementraboutrtherdisciplinerofrphysiologyrisrfalse?
a. ItrisrarkeyrdisciplinerforrunderstandingrhowranimalsrchangeroverrEarth’srhistory.
b. Itrisrarkeyrdisciplinerforrunderstandingrtherfundamentalrbiologyrofrallranimals.
c. Itrisrarkeyrdisciplinerforrunderstandingrhumanrhealthrandrdisease.
d. Itrisrarkeyrdisciplinerforrunderstandingrtherhealthrandrdiseaserofrnonhumanranimals.rAn
swer:ra
TextbookrReference:rTherImportancerofrPhysiologyr
Bloom’srCategory:r5.rEvaluating
2. Torunderstandrhowrarfishrpropelsritselfrbyrapplyingrforcesrtortherwater,rphysiologistsrwo
uldrstudyrits
a. biomechanics.
b. evolution.
c. ecology.
d. cellrphysiology.r
Answer:ra
TextbookrReference:rTherHighlyrIntegrativerNaturerofrPhysiologyrB
loom’srCategory:r2.rUnderstanding
3. Therdatarinrthergraphrbelowrwouldrberrelevantrtorwhichrsubdisciplinerofrphysiology?
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,a. Evolution
b. Cellrphysiology
c. Morphology
d. Ecologyr
Answer:rd
TextbookrReference:rTherHighlyrIntegrativerNaturerofrPhysiologyrB
loom’srCategory:r2.rUnderstanding
4. Inrtherstudyrofrphysiology,rthertermr“
”rrefersrtorthercomponentsrofrlivingranimalsrandrtherinteractionsramongrthosercomponen
tsrthatrenableranimalsrtorperformrasrtheyrdo.
a. feedback
b. regulation
c. naturalrselection
d. mechanismr
Answer:rd
TextbookrReference:rMechanismrandrOrigin:rPhysiology’srTworCentralrQuestionsrBl
oom’srCategory:r1.rRemembering
5. Howrisrtherlightrreactionrinrtherfireflyrinhibited?
a. Mitochondriarpreventroxygenrfromrreactingrwithrluciferyl-AMP.
b. Nitricroxidercombinesrwithroxygenrtorpreventrreactionrwithrluciferyl-AMP.
c. ATPrisrpreventedrfromrcombiningrwithrluciferin.
d. Luciferaserisrpreventedrfromrcatalyzingrtherreaction.r
Answer:ra
TextbookrReference:rMechanismrandrOrigin:rPhysiology’srTworCentralrQuestionsrBl
oom’srCategory:r2.rUnderstanding
6. Whichrofrtherfollowingrisrnotrneededrinrthermechanismrofrlightrproductionrinrtherfire
fly?
a. Oxygen
b. ATP
c. Light
d. Luciferinr
Answer:rc
TextbookrReference:rMechanismrandrOrigin:rPhysiology’srTworCentralrQuestionsrBl
oom’srCategory:r2.rUnderstanding
7. Inrtherfirefly,rlightrisremittedrwhen
a. ATPrcombinesrwithrluciferin,rformingrluciferyl-AMP.
b. releasedrnitricroxiderblocksrthermitochondria’sruserofroxygen.
c. therelectron-excitedrproductrofrO2r andrluciferyl-AMPrreturnsrtoritsrgroundrstate.
d. luciferaserisractivatedrbyroxygen.r
Answer:rc
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, Bloom’srCategory:r5.rEvaluating
8. Whichrofrtherfollowingrisrconsideredrther“on”rswitchrforrtherlight-
emittingrreactionrofrtherfirefly?
a. Oxygen
b. Luciferase
c. Nitricroxide
d. ATPrA
nswer:rc
TextbookrReference:rMechanismrandrOrigin:rPhysiology’srTworCentralrQuestionsrBl
oom’srCategory:r3.rApplying
9. Arphysiologicalrmechanismrorrotherrtraitrthatrisrarproductrofrevolutionrandrisradv
antageousrisrcalled
a. anradaptation.
b. naturalrselection.
c. adaptiversignificance.
d. evolution.r
Answer:ra
TextbookrReference:rMechanismrandrOrigin:rPhysiology’srTworCentralrQuestionsrBl
oom’srCategory:r1.rRemembering
10. Whatrisrtheradaptiversignificancerofrlightremissionrinrtherfirefly?
a. Femalerfirefliesremitrlightrinrsuchrarwayrthatrdistinguishesrtheirrspecies.
b. Allrfirefliesremitrlightrtorlurerprey.
c. Malerfirefliesremitrlightrtorattractrmates.
d. Malerfirefliesremitrlightrtorevaderpredators.rA
nswer:rc
TextbookrReference:rMechanismrandrOrigin:rPhysiology’srTworCentralrQuestionsrBl
oom’srCategory:r2.rUnderstanding
11. Whichrofrtherfollowingrisrarsimilarityrbetweenranroctopusrandrarfish?
a. Therevolutionaryradaptationrofrexcellentrvision
b. Thermechanismrofrvision
c. Therprocessingrofrvisualrsignalsrbeforerreachingrtheropticrnerve
d. Therneuroanatomyrofrthereyer
Answer:ra
TextbookrReference:rMechanismrandrOrigin:rPhysiology’srTworCentralrQuestionsrBl
oom’srCategory:r5.rEvaluating
12. Researchrinrtherfieldrof
physiologyremphasizesrsynthesisracrossrlevelsrofrbiologicalrorganization.
a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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