BIOL 111 Quiz Questions for Test 1 (Heather Birdsong)

What hormone is produced by the stomach once food enters it to stimulate the excretion of gastric juices?

Gastrin

Which of these accessory organs produces enzymes for fat digestion?

Pancreas

After a period of fasting what enzyme does the pancreas secrete related to blood glucose levels, and what does it do to return glucose levels to normal?

Glucagon to increase glycogenolysis, releasing glucose into the blood

Which nutrient do heterotrophs consume that is the most essential component of cell membranes?

Lipids

Which of these is an important macronutrient for plants?

Phosphorous

Why do plants grow best in well aerated soils?

Plant roots need access to oxygen to perform cellular respiration

What is the biggest advantage of having a complete digestive tract?

Specialized compartments can have different conditions

What is the purpose of the villi and microvilli in the small intestine?

Increase surface area for absorption

What is the purpose of rumen in cattle?

Creates a home for symbiotic bacteria that break down cellulose

You are a plant living on the shady forest floor of a tropical rainforest. Which of these adaptations would be least effective?

Thin needle shaped leaves that are drought resistant

Why do the chief cells in the stomach lining secrete inactive pepsinogen?

In its active form it would begin digesting the proteins within the chief cells

Why do so many plants form symbiotic relationships with bacteria in the soil?

Soil bacteria can fix atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia that plants can use

Which of these nutrients cannot be absorbed directly through the intestinal epithelium, through interstitial fluid, and directly into capillaries?

Lipids

The digestion of starches begins in the ____ where ____ breaks down polysaccharides into smaller molecules so that ____ can continue to breakdown in the ____

Mouth, salivary amylase, pancreatic amylase, small intestine

In the research related to the invention of Gatorade discussed in the book, what did Cade et al. hypothesize was the best way to maintain osmotic balance during exercise?

Drink a solution resembling sweat

Tropical rain forests have large amounts of organic matter being dropped on the forest floor every year, why aren't those nutrients more available to plants?

High rainfall leeches the material away

What cellular process creates the carbon dioxide byproduct that living things need to transport out of their cells?

The Citric Acid Cycle

Which of these is an accessory organ to the alimentary canal that produces bile?

Liver

What resources are carnivorous pitcher plants gaining from the digestion of insects?

Inorganic Minerals

What does a micelle do?

Allow the slow absorption of fatty acids

Why do birds have gizzards?

To begin mechanical breakdown of food, since they have no teeth

Which is the MOST important limiting factor to plant growth?

Sunlight

You eat a cheeseburger for lunch, which of these enzymes will break down the protein in the meat patty in the small intestine into small peptides that can be cleaved into amino acids by the brush border proteases?

Trypsin

Which of these nutrients function primarily as coenzymes in animal metabolism?

B Vitamins

How do agricultural practices in the Midwest affect species living in the Gulf of Mexico?

Excess nitrogen fertilizer that washes into the Gulf of Mexico causes an algal population boom, leading to a drop in oxygen levels in the water

What is the purpose of gastrin?

To stimulate acid production in the stomach, starting digestion

Where does the carbon that plants use to build their cells come from?

From the atmosphere

Which of these organisms has a complete digestive tract?

Earthworm

What hormone is produced by the stomach once food enters it to stimulate the excretion of gastric juices?

Gastrin

Which of these nutrients primarily provides energy when digested, not cellular building blocks?

Carbohydrates

What soil characteristics do prairie soils have that those in tropical rainforests don't?

Thick layer of organic topsoil

Which characteristic describes xylem sap?

High in minerals

What can cause a heart attack?

Blockage of coronary arteries

As a red blood cell leaves the foot moving to the heart, it is carrying ____ gas. It travels through the inferior vena cava, into the _____ of the heart, then into the ____ before heading to the lungs via ____.

Carbon dioxide, right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery

As a red blood cell leaves the lungs moving to the heart, it is carrying ___ gas. It travels through the Pulmonary vein, into the ____of the heart, then into the ____before heading to the body via the___

Oxygen, Left Atrium, Left ventricle, Aorta

An escaped lion is chasing you through the zoo, what will epinephrine do to help you survive?

Reroute blood flow to the muscles by dilating those blood vessels

How does atmospheric pressure affect your ability to breathe at higher elevation?

Lower atmospheric pressure decreases respiration efficiency

Xylem and phloem tissue are often found next to each other in plant tissues, why is that?

High solute concentration in phloem cells draws water out of xylem and directs phloem sap flow to sugar sinks

How is water transported over long distances through plant tissues?

Passive Transpiration

Leopard frogs can escape predators by diving to the bottom of a lake and staying there for hours, how do they do it?

Absorbing oxygen directly through their skin

In a capillary bed in the fingertip, nutrient levels ____, oxygen levels ___, and carbon dioxide levels ___ as blood flows from the arterial to the venous ends of the capillary bed.

Decrease, decrease, increase

In a capillary bed in the intestinal epithelium levels of glucose ___, carbon dioxide ___, and oxygen ___ as blood passes from the arterioles to the venules.

Increases, increases, decreases

Which characteristics describe phloem sap?

High in sucrose

Travel from sugar source to sugar sink

(Both A and B)

Which is a material that is NOT transported by the hemolymph in insects?

Carbon Dioxide

After a large meal what enzyme does the pancreas secrete related to blood glucose levels, and what does it do to return glucose levels to normal?

Insulin to draw glucose out of the blood and into muscle and fat cells

What is an advantage to breathing water instead of air?

Low dehydration risk

Why do we breathe?

To supply enough oxygen for aerobic respiration

What helps red blood cells offload oxygen in the systemic capillary beds?

Acidic conditions in the interstitial fluid that change the shape of hemoglobin

Which of these characteristics describes veins?

Contains valves to prevent backflow of blood

Which substance is carried by the blood plasma, but never leaves the capillary?

Albumin

What is the advantage of a double circulation of blood in mammals?

Blood pressure can be increased by another passage through the heart

Which of these cells helps form blood clots when vessels are damaged?

Platelets

Plants have a high number of aquaporins in the cell membranes of their root hairs, what is their function?

To move water into the root faster than simple diffusion would

How do the lungs take in air?

The intercostal muscles contract to pull on the ribs and expand the chest cavity

The diaphragm moves down as it contracts

(Both B and C)

According to the study by Bruneau et al, how did expression of the Tbx5 gene affect the evolution of the double systemic circuit?

Mammals have a gradient of expression across the right and left sides, leading to the growth of 2 ventricles

What path of transport carries minerals through the plasmodesmata of plant cells into the vascular tissue?

Symplastic Transport

Which of these characteristics is NOT shared by all types of respiratory tracts?

Contact with the blood supply

Where does the pancreas join to the alimentary canal to secrete digestive enzymes?

Duodenum

What is an adaptation that cattle have to help digest cellulose in plant material?

Multi Chambered stomach with symbiotic bacteria

The digestion of fats finishes in the where breaks up fat into smaller molecules so that there is a greater surface area for to get access to the lipid molecules to break up chemical bonds.

Small intestine, bile, pancreatic lipase

What resource is lowest in the soils of environments where carnivorous pitcher plants live?

Inorganic Minerals

Why are premature babies administered surfactant?

To help the lungs prepare to breathe air

Which is a characteristic NOT shared between animals with closed and open circulatory systems?

Capillary beds

How do plants prevent toxic metals in the soil from entering the xylem sap?

Specialized channels and transporters control mineral uptake

What is an adaptation plants have to prevent water loss?

1. Closing of stoma as plant cells dry

3. Leaf loss at the start of winter in temperate climates

(Both 1 and 3)

Digestion of proteins begins in the ___ when the enzyme ____ starts breaking down large polypeptides, which are further broken down in the small intestine by

Stomach, pepsin, trypsin

What is an advantage of breathing air instead of water?

Higher concentration of oxygen

What is a positive consequence of plants actively pumping ions into their roots?

High solute concentration draws in water

How does lung surfactant help maintain human respiratory function?

Reduces surface tension in alveoli

In what part of the kidney nephron are ions first reabsorbed from the filtrate back into the interstitial fluid?

Proximal Tubule

Which of these systems is responsible ONLY for osmoregulation with no excretion of nitrogenous waste?

Protonephridia

What form of nitrogenous waste do fish excrete?

Ammonia

Which of these organisms would have the longest loop of Henle?

Desert fox

How does the diaphragm function to aid in respiration?

Contracts to expand the chest cavity allowing air to rush into lungs

Which of these systems is not associated with a circulatory system and secretes nitrogenous waste directly into the digestive tract?

Malpighian tubules

During hurricanes, storm surge brings seawater into freshwater marshes and causes massive deaths of march plants. Why does this happen?

Water is drawn out of the cells into the salty soil, causing them to wilt

What of these characteristics describes arteries?

Higher pressure in systemic circuit

What is the general role of the hepatic portal system?

To control nutrient levels in the blood

Which element of blood functions mainly to prevent blood cell loss?

Platelets