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What is the best method for studying metabolic rate in animals in the wild?
Place the animal on a treadmill.
correct
incorrect
Inject them with deuterium and oxygen-18 then measure levels after the animal engages in its normal behavior for a period of time.
correct
incorrect
Place the flying/swimming animal in a wind/water tunnel.
correct
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Use a mask and a valve system on the animal.
correct
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Which of the following isotopes is(are) used in the doubly labeled water method?
D
2
1
6
O
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H
2
18
O
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Both D
2
16
O and H
2
18
O
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14
C
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incorrect
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Another term for ADMR is
telemetric device.
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time–energy budget.
correct
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field metabolic rate.
correct
incorrect
D
2
method.
correct
incorrect
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If an animal spends 4 hours a day chasing prey and 20 hours a day resting, its total daily cost of behavior in kilojoules is
5 KJ/day.
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16 KJ/day.
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24 KJ/day.
correct
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Insufficient data is provided to calculate the daily cost of behavior.
correct
incorrect
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An animal that spends 3 hours a day running from predators and 20 hours a day resting (using 20 KJ/hour) has a total daily cost of behavior of 700 KJ. The total energy spent running from predators is
100 KJ/day.
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200 KJ/day.
correct
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300 KJ/day.
correct
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400 KJ/day.
correct
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Which animal would display a J-shaped curve for its rate of oxygen consumption relative to its speed?
Kangaroo
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Sockeye salmon
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Ground squirrel
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Bird
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An animal that weighs _______ will have the highest weight-specific metabolic rate.
65 g
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70 g
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65 kg
correct
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80 kg
correct
incorrect
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Which type of migration is most favored by natural selection?
Long-distance migration
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Short-distance migration
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Long-distance migration, but only if the cost of covering distance is relatively low
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Short-distance migration, but only if the cost of covering distance is relatively low
correct
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Which animal has the most expensive mode of locomotion?
Cheetah
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Bird
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Dolphin
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Eagle
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Cost of transport is the
energy cost for a unit of time.
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energy cost of covering a unit of distance.
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amount of fat required to a traverse a unit of distance.
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speed required to travel a unit of distance.
correct
incorrect
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Which of the following is the most energetically expensive way to cover distance?
Running
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incorrect
Swimming
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Flying
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Both running and swimming
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In vertebrates,
V
.
O
2max
is about _______ than resting O
2
consumption.
5 times lower
correct
incorrect
2 times higher
correct
incorrect
5 times higher
correct
incorrect
10 times higher
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incorrect
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An organism with a resting oxygen consumption of 1 mL/g•hr and an aerobic scope for activity of 10 mL/g•hr will have a
V
.
O
2max
of _______ mL/g•hr.
0.1
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incorrect
0.11
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9
correct
incorrect
11
correct
incorrect
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The conventional unit of measure for
V
.
O
2max
in humans is
mL O
2
/kg•min.
correct
incorrect
mL O
2
/lbs•min.
correct
incorrect
mL O
2
/kg•hr.
correct
incorrect
mL O
2
/lbs•hr.
correct
incorrect
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Which of the following does
not
occur in endurance training to maximize
V
.
O2max
Increase in number of mitochondria
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incorrect
Increase in density of blood capillaries
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incorrect
Increase in small intestine glucose transporters
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Increase in mitochondrial enzymes
correct
incorrect
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Which enzyme increases during endurance training?
Hexokinase
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Phosphofructokinase
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Pyruvate kinase
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incorrect
Citrate synthase
correct
incorrect
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When training a group of athletes to increase their endurance, which change would occur after 3 months of training?
V
.
O2max
would not change.
correct
incorrect
V
.
O2max
would increase.
correct
incorrect
Blood testosterone level would increase.
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Blood testosterone level would decrease.
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In the general population of 20–50-year-old humans, ADMR tends to vary from _______ to _______ times the BMR.
1; 2
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2; 4
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1.2; 2.5
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2.5; 3.5
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Which change occurs when migratory birds reduce their organ function?
Glucose synthesis from amino acids increases.
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Protein anabolism increases.
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Amino acid usage as a source of energy decreases.
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incorrect
Usage of fatty acids as a source of energy in the brain increases.
correct
incorrect
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Which molecule is used as the principle fuel in migratory birds?
Proteins
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Lipids
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Carbohydrates
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Nucleic acids
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