ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION TEST BANK BY HILLS, WYSE, ANDERSON

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Test Bank by Brian Bagatto to accompany Animal Physiology, Third Edition Hill • Wyse • Anderson Chapter 1: Animals and Environments: Function on the Ecological Stage 1. Which of the followi... ng statements about the discipline of physiology is false? a. It is one of biology’s most integrative disciplines. b. It is a key discipline for understanding how animals change over Earth’s history. c. It is a key discipline for understanding the fundamental biology of all animals. d. It is a key discipline for understanding human health and disease. e. It is a key discipline for understanding the health and disease of nonhuman animals. Answer: b Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology, p. 4 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. chemistry. d. ecology. e. cell physiology. Answer: a Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology, p. 5 Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding 3. 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. physiology e. mechanism Answer: e Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions, p. 5 Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering 4. The data in the graph would be relevant to which subdiscipline of physiology? © 2012 Sinauer Associates, Inc. a. Evolution b. Cell physiology c. Morphology d. Ecology e. Biomechanics Answer: d Textbook Reference: The Importance of Physiology, p. 4–5; Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions, p. 6 Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding 5. In the firefly, _______ acts like an on/off switch that determines whether the light cells do or do not produce light. a. nitric oxide (NO) b. ATP c. oxygen d. luciferase e. nitrous oxide (NO2) Answer: a Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions, p. 7 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. Nitric oxide d. Light e. Luciferin Answer: d © 2012 Sinauer Associates, Inc. Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions, p. 7 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. oxygen combines with luciferyl-AMP. e. luciferase is activated by oxygen. Answer: c Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions, p. 7 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 e. Luciferin Answer: c Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions, p. 7 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. e. genetic drift. Answer: a Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions, p. 8 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. Female fireflies emit light to see at night. c. All fireflies emit light to lure prey. d. Male fireflies emit light to attract mates. e. Male fireflies emit light to evade predators. Answer: d Textbook Reference: Mechanism and Origin: Physiology’s Two Central Questions, p. 8 Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding 11. Which of the following is a similarity between an octopus and a fish? © 2012 Sinauer Associates, Inc. a. The evolutionary adaptation of excellent vision b. The mechanism of vision c. The processing of visual signals before [Show More]

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