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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Inc.
,a. Evolution
b. Cell physiology
c. Morphology
d.Ecolo
gy
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.mechanis
m 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.Lucifer
in 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
© 2016 Sinauer Associates,
Central
Inc.
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.evolutio
n. 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
© 2016 Sinauer Associates,
Inc.
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?
© 2016 Sinauer Associates,
Inc.
,a. Evolution
b. Cell physiology
c. Morphology
d.Ecolo
gy
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.mechanis
m 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.Lucifer
in 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
© 2016 Sinauer Associates,
Central
Inc.
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.evolutio
n. 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
© 2016 Sinauer Associates,
Inc.
