Hemoglobin and Bloom S Category

Principles of Life
Hillis • Sadava • Heller • Price

Test Bank

Chapter 37: Gas Exchange in Animals

TEST BANK QUESTIONS
(By Paul Nolan)

Multiple Choice

1. If you were atop Mt. Everest, how many cubic meters of air would you need to breathe in order to gain the same number of oxygen molecules that you would gain from one cubic meter of air at sea level?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 9
e. 10
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: 37.0 Introduction
Page: 729
Bloom’s Category: 3. Applying

2. Gas exchange in animals always involves
a. lungs.
b. breathing movements.
c. neural control.
d. diffusion between internal body fluids and the outside medium.
e. active transport of gases.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Concept 37.1 Fick’s Law of Diffusion Governs Respiratory Gas Exchange
Page: 730
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding

3. Breathing provides the body with the oxygen required to support the energy metabolism of all cells and also eliminates _______, one of the waste products of cell metabolism.
a. carbon dioxide
b. carbon monoxide
c. carbon tetrachloride
d. calcium carbonate
e. carbonic acid
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Concept 37.1 Fick’s Law of Diffusion Governs Respiratory Gas Exchange
Page: 730
Bloom’s Category: 2. Understanding

4. At sea level, atmospheric pressure is about _______ mm Hg.
a. 1
b. 454
c. 760
d. 940
e. 1,000
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Concept 37.1 Fick’s Law of Diffusion Governs Respiratory Gas Exchange
Page: 730
Bloom’s Category: 1. Remembering

5. Dry air is about 78 percent nitrogen; therefore, the partial pressure of nitrogen at sea level is about _______ mm Hg.
a. 10
b. 234
c. 593
d. 780
e. None of the above
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Concept 37.1 Fick’s Law of Diffusion Governs Respiratory Gas Exchange
Page: 730
Bloom’s Category: 3. Applying

6. If a planet were discovered where the barometric pressure was 2,000 mm Hg and the air was 15 percent O2, the partial pressure of its O2 at