Question 1

Which of the following best describes life in the tundra?

Accepted Answer

A) During the long summer, life is plentiful, but during the winter, signs of life are scarce. 
B) During the short summer, life is plentiful, but during the winter, signs of life are scarce. 
C) The plants and many of the animals do not remain year round. 
D) The plants do not remain year round. 
A) During the long summer, life is plentiful, but during the winter, signs of life are scarce. 
B) During the short summer, life is plentiful, but during the winter, signs of life are scarce. 
C) The plants and many of the animals do not remain year round. 
D) The plants do not remain year round.

Question 2

Why is the region in southwestern Australia characterized by ancient and infertile soils?

Accepted Answer

A) because the soils are new, and extensively weathered, having much more nutrients 
B) because the soils are old, and extensively weathered, having much more nutrients 
C) because the soils are old, and extensively weathered, having much less nutrients 
D) because the soils are new, but extensively weathered, having much less nutrients 
A) because the soils are new, and extensively weathered, having much more nutrients 
B) because the soils are old, and extensively weathered, having much more nutrients 
C) because the soils are old, and extensively weathered, having much less nutrients 
D) because the soils are new, but extensively weathered, having much less nutrients

Question 3

Why are invasive plant species a major threat to plant diversity in many ecosystems?

Accepted Answer

A) because they compete with native plants for essential nutrients and light 
B) because they compete with native plants for essential nutrients and water 
C) because they compete with native plants for essential nutrients, water, and light 
D) because they compete with native plants for water and light 
A) because they compete with native plants for essential nutrients and light 
B) because they compete with native plants for essential nutrients and water 
C) because they compete with native plants for essential nutrients, water, and light 
D) because they compete with native plants for water and light

Question 4

What affects the size of hypersaline lakes?

Accepted Answer

A) a balance between streams and evaporative water loss 
B) a balance between rain, streams, and evaporative water loss 
C) a balance between rain, snow melt, streams, and evaporative water loss 
D) a balance between snow melt, streams, and evaporative water loss 
A) a balance between streams and evaporative water loss 
B) a balance between rain, streams, and evaporative water loss 
C) a balance between rain, snow melt, streams, and evaporative water loss 
D) a balance between snow melt, streams, and evaporative water loss

Question 5

Which of the following is the correct order of birds from having the highest subsarcolemmal mitochondria proportion to having the lowest proportion?

Accepted Answer

A) Pink-Footed goose, Bar-Headed goose, and Barnacle goose 
B) Bar-Headed goose, Barnacle goose, and Pink-Footed goose 
C) Bar-Headed goose, Pink-Footed goose, and Barnacle goose 
D) Barnacle goose, Bar-Headed goose, and Pink-Footed goose 
A) Pink-Footed goose, Bar-Headed goose, and Barnacle goose 
B) Bar-Headed goose, Barnacle goose, and Pink-Footed goose 
C) Bar-Headed goose, Pink-Footed goose, and Barnacle goose 
D) Barnacle goose, Bar-Headed goose, and Pink-Footed goose

Question 6

Which of the following is the main feature that allows adaptation at the population level to extreme life in Artemia?

Accepted Answer

A) genetic similarity between species but a high genetic diversity within each species differently distributed among populations 
B) genetic similarity between species and also a high genetic similarity within each species differently distributed among populations 
C) genetic diversity between species and also a high genetic diversity within each species differently distributed among populations 
D) genetic diversity between species but a high genetic similarity within each species differently distributed among populations 
A) genetic similarity between species but a high genetic diversity within each species differently distributed among populations 
B) genetic similarity between species and also a high genetic similarity within each species differently distributed among populations 
C) genetic diversity between species and also a high genetic diversity within each species differently distributed among populations 
D) genetic diversity between species but a high genetic similarity within each species differently distributed among populations

Question 7

Which of the following explains why phosphorus uptake by plants is difficult?

Accepted Answer

A) Phosphorus is not abundant in the soils ; is bound to the minerals, and plants do not require it that much. 
B) Phosphorus is not abundant in the soils , is bound to the minerals, and does not move readily toward plant roots. 
C) Phosphorus is abundant in the soils but is bound to the minerals, and moves readily toward plant roots 
D) Phosphorus is not abundant in the soils, is bound to the minerals, and does not move readily toward plant roots . 
A) Phosphorus is not abundant in the soils ; is bound to the minerals, and plants do not require it that much. 
B) Phosphorus is not abundant in the soils , is bound to the minerals, and does not move readily toward plant roots. 
C) Phosphorus is abundant in the soils but is bound to the minerals, and moves readily toward plant roots 
D) Phosphorus is not abundant in the soils, is bound to the minerals, and does not move readily toward plant roots .

Question 8

Which of the following is an importance of the Bernard/Krogh principle?

Accepted Answer

A) understanding the choice of the right animal to study 
B) understanding how blood flows in the capillaries 
C) understanding that acetylcholine exists only in frogs 
D) understanding how to manipulate DNA 
A) understanding the choice of the right animal to study 
B) understanding how blood flows in the capillaries 
C) understanding that acetylcholine exists only in frogs 
D) understanding how to manipulate DNA

Question 9

What adaptation do plant species adapted to low-phosphorus soils have?

Accepted Answer

One common P-capturing strategy of many

Question 10

What is our ability to design conservation measures to protect threatened species based on?

Accepted Answer

A) on our understanding of the species' morphological changes and their constraints 
B) on our understanding of the species' genetic processes and their constraints 
C) on our understanding of the species' reproductive processes and their constraints 
D) on our understanding of the species' physiological processes and their constraints 
A) on our understanding of the species' morphological changes and their constraints 
B) on our understanding of the species' genetic processes and their constraints 
C) on our understanding of the species' reproductive processes and their constraints 
D) on our understanding of the species' physiological processes and their constraints

Question 11

Which of the following is the correct order of birds from having the lowest relative lung mass to having the highest relative lung mass?

Accepted Answer

A) Mallard duck, Greylag goose, Pink-Footed goose, Barnacle goose, and Bar-Headed goose 
B) Bar-Headed goose, Mallard duck, Greylag goose, Pink-Footed goose, and Barnacle goose 
C) Greylag goose, Pink-Footed goose, Mallard duck, Barnacle goose, and Bar-Headed goose 
D) Bar-Headed goose, Pink-Footed goose, Mallard duck, Greylag goose, and Barnacle goose 
A) Mallard duck, Greylag goose, Pink-Footed goose, Barnacle goose, and Bar-Headed goose 
B) Bar-Headed goose, Mallard duck, Greylag goose, Pink-Footed goose, and Barnacle goose 
C) Greylag goose, Pink-Footed goose, Mallard duck, Barnacle goose, and Bar-Headed goose 
D) Bar-Headed goose, Pink-Footed goose, Mallard duck, Greylag goose, and Barnacle goose

Question 12

The Bar-Headed Goose has blood with a greater ability to deliver oxygen than mammals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Cheatgrass is a C3 plant.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Why is it important to understand how basic physiological processes have evolved?

Accepted Answer

It is important to understand basic phys

Question 15

Which of the following facilitates the diffusion of oxygen from capillary blood into the mitochondria in Bar-Headed Geese?

Accepted Answer

A) It is facilitated by two factors: a high degree of capillary branching and the location of most mitochondria at the surface of the muscle fibers. 
B) It is facilitated by two factors: a low degree of capillary branching and the location of most mitochondria at the surface of the muscle fibers. 
C) It is facilitated by two factors: a high degree of capillary branching and the location of most mitochondria at the centre of the muscle fibers. 
D) It is facilitated by two factors: a low degree of capillary branching and the location of most mitochondria at the centre of the muscle fibers. 
A) It is facilitated by two factors: a high degree of capillary branching and the location of most mitochondria at the surface of the muscle fibers. 
B) It is facilitated by two factors: a low degree of capillary branching and the location of most mitochondria at the surface of the muscle fibers. 
C) It is facilitated by two factors: a high degree of capillary branching and the location of most mitochondria at the centre of the muscle fibers. 
D) It is facilitated by two factors: a low degree of capillary branching and the location of most mitochondria at the centre of the muscle fibers.

Question 16

How are physiology, comparative physiology, ecological, evolutionary, and conservation physiology different?

Accepted Answer

Physiology is the study of function, of

Question 17

Why is the tundra also referred to as a polar desert?

Accepted Answer

A) because it is so dry 
B) because it is so cold 
C) because there is little snow 
D) because it lacks trees 
A) because it is so dry 
B) because it is so cold 
C) because there is little snow 
D) because it lacks trees

Question 18

Which of the following is a physiological adaptation that Arctic squirrels have for their hibernation?

Accepted Answer

A) The kidneys of the squirrel must be able to excrete metabolic wastes in diluted urine while conserving water, and every cell in its body must reduce its metabolic rate in an orchestrated fashion. 
B) The kidneys of the squirrel must be able to excrete metabolic wastes in diluted urine while releasing water, and every cell in its body must reduce its metabolic rate in an orchestrated fashion. 
C) The kidneys of the squirrel must be able to excrete metabolic wastes in concentrated urine while conserving water, and every cell in its body must reduce its metabolic rate in an orchestrated fashion. 
D) The kidneys of the squirrel must be able to excrete metabolic wastes in concentrated urine while conserving water, and every cell in its body must enhance its metabolic rate in an orchestrated fashion. 
A) The kidneys of the squirrel must be able to excrete metabolic wastes in diluted urine while conserving water, and every cell in its body must reduce its metabolic rate in an orchestrated fashion. 
B) The kidneys of the squirrel must be able to excrete metabolic wastes in diluted urine while releasing water, and every cell in its body must reduce its metabolic rate in an orchestrated fashion. 
C) The kidneys of the squirrel must be able to excrete metabolic wastes in concentrated urine while conserving water, and every cell in its body must reduce its metabolic rate in an orchestrated fashion. 
D) The kidneys of the squirrel must be able to excrete metabolic wastes in concentrated urine while conserving water, and every cell in its body must enhance its metabolic rate in an orchestrated fashion.

Question 19

In what way are Blue Box and Fraser Box similar to each other?

Accepted Answer

A) They are both irrigated with the water that allows coho salmon to swim in a stationary position. 
B) They are both designed to recover coho salmon caught by-catch. 
C) They are both irrigated with the flowing water that allows coho salmon to swim against the current. 
D) They are both irrigated with the flowing water that allows coho salmon to swim down the current. 
A) They are both irrigated with the water that allows coho salmon to swim in a stationary position. 
B) They are both designed to recover coho salmon caught by-catch. 
C) They are both irrigated with the flowing water that allows coho salmon to swim against the current. 
D) They are both irrigated with the flowing water that allows coho salmon to swim down the current.

Question 20

Which of the following is the main feature that allows adaptation at the anatomical level to high altitudes in Bar-Headed Geese?

Accepted Answer

A) Their wingspan is above average, but the wing loading is not. 
B) They do not have any anatomical adaptations, which emphasizes their physiological adaptations for oxygen transport at high altitudes. 
C) Their wing loading is above average, but their wingspan is not. 
D) Both their wingspan and wing loading are above average. 
A) Their wingspan is above average, but the wing loading is not. 
B) They do not have any anatomical adaptations, which emphasizes their physiological adaptations for oxygen transport at high altitudes. 
C) Their wing loading is above average, but their wingspan is not. 
D) Both their wingspan and wing loading are above average.

Exam 52: Conservation and Evolutionary Physiology

Which of the following best describes life in the tundra?

Why is the region in southwestern Australia characterized by ancient and infertile soils?

Why are invasive plant species a major threat to plant diversity in many ecosystems?

What affects the size of hypersaline lakes?

Which of the following is the correct order of birds from having the highest subsarcolemmal mitochondria proportion to having the lowest proportion?

Which of the following is the main feature that allows adaptation at the population level to extreme life in Artemia?

Which of the following explains why phosphorus uptake by plants is difficult?

Which of the following is an importance of the Bernard/Krogh principle?

What adaptation do plant species adapted to low-phosphorus soils have?

What is our ability to design conservation measures to protect threatened species based on?

Which of the following is the correct order of birds from having the lowest relative lung mass to having the highest relative lung mass?

The Bar-Headed Goose has blood with a greater ability to deliver oxygen than mammals.

Cheatgrass is a C3 plant.

Why is it important to understand how basic physiological processes have evolved?

Which of the following facilitates the diffusion of oxygen from capillary blood into the mitochondria in Bar-Headed Geese?

How are physiology, comparative physiology, ecological, evolutionary, and conservation physiology different?

Why is the tundra also referred to as a polar desert?

Which of the following is a physiological adaptation that Arctic squirrels have for their hibernation?

In what way are Blue Box and Fraser Box similar to each other?

Which of the following is the main feature that allows adaptation at the anatomical level to high altitudes in Bar-Headed Geese?

Light and Life

The Cell: an Overview

Defining Life and Its Origins

Energy and Enzymes

Cell Membranes and Signalling

Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis

Cell Cycles

Genetic Recombination

Mendel, Genes, and Inheritance

Genes, Chromosomes, and Human Genetics

Dna Structure, Replication, and Organization

Gene Structure and Expression

Control of Gene Expression

Dna Technologies

Genomes and Proteomes

Evolution: the Development of the Theory

Microevolution: Changes Within Populations

Species and Macroevolution

Understanding the History of Life on Earth

Humans and Evolution

Bacteria and Archaea

Viruses, Viroids, and Prions: Infectious Biological Particles

Protists

Fungi

Plants

Diversity of Animals 1: Sponges, Radiata, Platyhelminthes, and Protostomes

Diversity of Animals 2: Deuterostomes: Vertebrates and Their Closest Relatives

Population Ecology

Population Interactions and Community Ecology

Ecosystems

Conservation of Biodiversity

Putting Selection to Work

Organization of the Plant Body

Transport in Plants

Reproduction and Development in Flowering Plants

Plant Nutrition

Plant Signals and Responses to the Environment

Introduction to Animal Organization and Physiology

Transport in Animals: the Circulatory System

Reproduction in Animals

Animal Development

Control of Animal Processes: Neural Control

Control of Animal Processes: Neural Control

Control of Animal Processes: Neural Integration

Muscles, Skeletons, and Body Movements

Animal Behaviour

Animal Nutrition

Gas Exchange: the Respiratory System

Regulating the Internal Environment

Defences Against Disease

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