Details of TEST BANK ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY 4TH EDITION HILLS WYSE ANDERSON
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Animal Physiology, Fourth Edition
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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12. Research in the field of _______ physiology emphasizes synthesis across levels of biological organization.
a. evolutionary
b. comparative
c. environmental
d. integrative
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Answer: d
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13. Which statement regarding animals is true?
a. There is no distinction between an animal and its environment.
b. Once adults, animals are structurally static.
c. All animals require energy to maintain their organization.
d. Body size is significant in the lives of only small animals.
Answer: c
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14. Most cells of an animal
a. are exposed to the external environment.
b. are exposed to the internal environment.
c. fluctuate between exposure to the external environment and the internal environment.
d. turn over while being exposed to the internal environment.
Answer: b
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15.–17. Refer to the figures below.
15. Which figure refers to a physiological trait that is regulated by an organism?
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a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV
Answer: b
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16. A migrating salmon regulates its internal Cl– concentration, shown in figure _______, while conforming to water temperature, shown in figure _______.
a. I; II
b. II; I
c. II; IV
d. I; III
Answer: b
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17. Figure _______ shows an animal’s regulation of its body temperature as the external temperature increases. Figure _______ shows no regulation of its body temperature as external temperature increases.
a. I; II
b. II; I
c. II; IV
d. II; III
Answer: b
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18. Which statement regarding physiological conformity and regulation is true?
a. All animals will eventually conform.
b. Animals are either regulators or conformers.
c. An animal cannot be both an ion regulator and a temperature conformer.
d. Conforming is more metabolically expensive than regulating.
Answer: a
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19. The functioning of regulatory mechanisms that automatically make adjustments to maintain internal constancy is called
a. conformity.
b. feedback.
c. homeostasis.
d. regulation.
Answer: c
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20. During childbirth, muscular contractions acting to expel the fetus from the uterus induce hormonal signals that induce even more intense contractions. This is an example of
a. homeostasis.
b. negative feedback.
c. a set point.
d. positive feedback.
Answer: d
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21. Physiological changes that occur by alteration of gene frequencies over the course of many generations are referred to as _______ changes.
a. acute
b. chronic
c. evolutionary
d. developmental
Answer: c
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22. _______ is an example of “abandoning constancy” during thermoregulation.
a. Sweating
b. Shivering
c. Hibernating
d. Huddling
Answer: c
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23. What is the principal advantage of conformity?
a. The process requires a large amount of energy.
b. It allows cells to maintain a steady state.
c. Very little energy is used by this process.
d. Cells are subject to changes in their conditions.
Answer: c
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24. Sweating in response to heat is an example of a(n)
a. acute change.
b. chronic change.
c. evolutionary change.
d. developmental change.
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Answer: a
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25.–26. Refer to the figure below.
25. What type of physiological response does the figure refer to?
a. Chronic response
b. Acute response
c. Evolutionary response
d. Developmental response
Answer: a
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26. If the heat exposure were removed, the line in the diagram would
a. continue to show a plateau.
b. drop sharply.
c. gradually drop to its initial starting point.
d. drop but be maintained somewhere at the middle level.
Answer: c
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27. Which response is the longest lasting?
a. Acute response
b. Chronic response
c. Evolutionary response
d. Developmental response
Answer: c
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28. Rainbow trout captured and brought into a lab aquarium undergo a chronic adjustment to the conditions in the lab. This process is called
a. phenotypic plasticity.
b. feedback inhibition.
c. acclimatization.
d. acclimation.
Answer: d
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29.–31. Refer to the figure below.
29. What statistical method was used to draw the trend line in the figure?
a. Phylogenetically independent contrasts
b. Ordinary least squares regression
c. Weight-specific mean
d. Logarithmic scaling
Answer: b
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30. According to the figure, what is the expected gestation period of a warthog?
a. 20 weeks
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b. 24 weeks
c. 30 weeks
d. 55 weeks
Answer: c
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31. Which species in the figure shows an actual gestation period that is furthest from its expected gestation period?
a. Bushbuck
b. Dikdik
c. Warthog
d. Mountain zebra
Answer: d
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32. Which statement regarding the Antarctic fish species rock cod is false?
a. Some species have no hemoglobin.
b. The fish metabolically synthesize antifreeze to keep from freezing.
c. The fish live their entire lives at body temperatures near –1.6°C.
d. If acclimated slowly enough, the fish can survive in tropical waters.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Environments
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33. _______ can tolerate a body temperature of _______, one of the highest body temperatures recorded for any vertebrate animal.
a. Humans; 50°C
b. Thermophilic archaea; 100°C
c. The desert iguana; 48.5°C
d. Sea stars; 45.5°C
Answer: c
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34.–35. Refer to the figure below.
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34. This figure shows that
a. the number of butterfly species increases as one moves toward the equator.
b. butterfly populations are larger near the equator than at any other latitude.
c. the number of butterfly species increases as latitude increases.
d. the butterfly population increases as latitude increases.
Answer: a
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35. The environmental factor that is most responsible for the data shown in the figure is
a. sunlight.
b. food.
c. temperature.
d. water.
Answer: c
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36. In which habitat would O2 concentration most likely be the lowest?
a. A subnivean air space
b. An open meadow at 4000 m elevation
c. The bottom of a waterfall
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d. Pond water with a lot of algae
Answer: d
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37. At altitudes above _______ m, people often find simply walking uphill to be a significant challenge.
a. 5000
b. 6500
c. 9000
d. 10,000
Answer: b
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38. In order to obtain O2, water-breathers face a substantially greater challenge compared to air-breathers. Which of the following is not a reason for this difference?
a. Water contains less O2 per liter than air does.
b. Water is denser than air.
c. Water can become anoxic more readily than air can.
d. Oxygen diffuses more slowly across respiratory surfaces in water than in air.
Answer: d
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39. Most invertebrates that live in the ocean, such as sea stars and corals,
a. tend to lose water via osmosis.
b. must drink water.
c. must actively excrete water.
d. do not gain or lose much water.
Answer: d
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40. Which animal osmotically gains the most water per gram on a daily basis?
a. Sea star
b. Goldfish
c. Coral
d. Reef fish
Answer: b
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41. Certain _______ can tolerate almost complete desiccation.
a. toads
b. tardigrades
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c. marine bony fish
d. goldfish
Answer: b
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42. The subnivean air space is an example of a(n)
a. microenvironment.
b. desert burrow.
c. hibernating area.
d. anoxic environment.
Answer: a
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43. Which process most likely leads to adaptive evolution?
a. Natural selection
b. Genetic drift
c. Bottlenecks
d. Pleiotropy
Answer: a
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44. Which observation best demonstrates the process of evolution?
a. The increased presence of a trait favored by natural selection
b. A change of gene frequencies over time
c. The shifting of gene frequencies in a population because of random events
d. The change in an animal’s phenotype in response to environmental change
Answer: b
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45. The shift in gene frequencies in smaller populations because of random deaths is referred to as
a. evolution.
b. nonadaptive evolution.
c. genetic drift.
d. pleiotropy.
Answer: c
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46. Because of _______, populations of the mosquito Culex pipiens are experiencing increased resistance to organophosphates and _______ in areas where organophosphates are sprayed.
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a. pleiotropy; reduced cold tolerance
b. maladaptation; all other insecticides
c. nonadaptive evolution; accelerated larval developmental stages
d. natural selection; altered sex ratios
Answer: a
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47. Which conclusion was not made from the seminal 1979 paper by Gould and Lewontin?
a. Natural selection in the present environment is just one of several processes by which a species may come to exhibit a trait.
b. When physiologists refer to a trait as an adaptation, they are making a hypothesis that natural selection has occurred.
c. Data must be gathered in order to assess whether adaptation is likely to have occurred.
d. Indirect evidence cannot be used to support the hypothesis of adaptation.
Answer: d
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48. Which method is based on the premise that although we cannot see evolution that occurred in the past, the many kinds of animals alive today provide us with many examples of outcomes of evolution, and patterns we identify in these outcomes may provide insights into processes that occurred long ago?
a. Studies of laboratory populations over many generations
b. The adaptation method
c. Phylogenetic reconstruction
d. The comparative method
Answer: d
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49. Which technique for the study of adaptation was used to generate the data shown in the figure below?
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a. Studies of laboratory populations over many generations
b. Single-generation studies of individual variation
c. Creation of variation for study
d. Studies of genetic structures of natural populations
Answer: b
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50. The raw material(s) for evolution is(are)
a. trait variation.
b. natural selection.
c. clines.
d. alleles.
Answer: d
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51.–53. Refer to the figure below.
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51. What is the best caption for this figure?
a. Variation in O2 consumption.
b. Individual variation in maximum rate of O2 consumption.
c. Mean maximum rate of O2 consumption.
d. Range of maximum rate of O2 consumption.
Answer: b
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52. Assuming the trait measured in this figure is heritable,
a. there can be no basis for natural selection to act on this trait.
b. there is no variation from which natural selection can act on this trait.
c. natural selection acts on the individuals with extreme trait measurements.
d. the variation provides the raw material for natural selection.
Answer: d
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53. Statistically speaking, an elite weight lifter would be likely to have a maximum rate of O2 consumption
a. mostly at the extreme low end of the distribution.
b. mostly at the extreme high end of the distribution.
c. in the average range to the lower end of the distribution.
d. in the average range to the higher end of the distribution.
Answer: c
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Short Answer
1. Using the firefly as an example, explain physiology’s two central questions—mechanism and origin.
Answer: The firefly emits a flash of light from its abdomen. The process inside the animal that results in this event is the mechanism. That is, the brain sends nerve impulses that cause the light cells to become bathed with nitric [Show Less]