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Biology: Concepts and Applications

Cecie Starr, Christine A. Evers, Lisa Starr

Chapter 37

The Internal Environment - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

01:13

Problem 1

A freshwater fish gains most of its water by _____.
a. drinking
b. eating food
c. osmosis
d. transport across the gills

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Christina Sorrentino
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01:02

Problem 2

Breakdown of _____ produces ammonia.
a. carbohydrates
b. nucleic acids
c. proteins
d. b and $c$

Christina Sorrentino
Christina Sorrentino
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01:03

Problem 3

Insects and birds excrete _____.
a. ammonia
b. urea
c. uric acid
d. nucleic acid

Christina Sorrentino
Christina Sorrentino
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00:38

Problem 4

Bowman's capsule, the start of the tubular part of a nephron, is located in the _____.
a. renal cortex
b. renal medulla
c. renal pelvis
d. renal artery

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Aditya Sood
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01:42

Problem 5

Fluid filtered into Bowman's capsule flows directly into the _____.
a. renal artery
b. proximal tubule
c. distal tubule
d. loop of Henle

Christina Sorrentino
Christina Sorrentino
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00:50

Problem 6

Blood pressure forces water and small solutes out of blood and into nephrons during _____.
a. glomerular filtration
b. tubular reabsorption
c. tubular secretion
d. both a and $c$

Sam Limsuwannarot
Sam Limsuwannarot
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00:24

Problem 7

Kidneys return most of the water and small solutes back to blood by way of _____.
a. glomerular filtration
b. tubular reabsorption
c. tubular secretion
d. both a and b

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Sam Limsuwannarot
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00:34

Problem 8

Which of the following is secreted into kidney tubules?
a. $\mathrm{H}^{+}$
b. glucose
c. water
d. protein

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Christina Sorrentino
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00:25

Problem 9

Antidiuretic hormone makes distal tubules and collecting tubules more permeable to _____.

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Sam Limsuwannarot
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00:24

Problem 10

_____ can keep people with kidney failure alive, but it cannot cure them.

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Sam Limsuwannarot
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07:01

Problem 11

Match each structure with a function.
a. start of nephron
b. delivers urine to body surface
c. carries urine from
kidney to bladder
d. secretes ADH
e. target of aldosterone
ureter _____
Bowman’s capsule _____
urethra _____
collecting tubule _____
pituitary gland _____

Bryan Valdivia
Bryan Valdivia
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00:30

Problem 12

Which of the following is an endotherm?
a. a shark
b. a frog
c. a monkey
d. a snake

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00:42

Problem 13

Match each term with the most suitable description.
a. environment dictates core
temperature
b. metabolism dictates core
temperature
c. heat transfer between objects that are in direct contact
d. water, air current transfers heat
e. emission of radiant energy
endotherm _____
ectotherm _____
convection _____
conduction _____
thermal radiation _____

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