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Which nitrogenous waste produced by animals during metabolism is highly toxic and must be excreted as a dilute solution in a lot of water?


A) urea
B) nucleotides
C) uric acid
D) ammonia
E) allatonin

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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An organism that has behavioral strategies to manage the gain of heat from and the loss of heat to the environment,but lacks a physiological temperature-regulating mechanism,is termed a(n)


A) homotherm.
B) endotherm.
C) positherm.
D) ectotherm.
E) thermophile.

F) All of the above
G) C) and D)

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You are testing substances on your windshield for their chemical contents,and you think that you have found a patch of bird excrement.Therefore,you expect the test to show abundant


A) ammonia.
B) urea.
C) nucleotides.
D) uric acid.
E) allatonin.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The simplest nitrogenous waste product of protein breakdown is


A) urea.
B) ammonia.
C) uric acid.
D) nucleic acid.
E) allatonin.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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When fluid enters the collecting duct,it is called urine.

A) True
B) False

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The control of an organism's body temperature is


A) osmoregulation.
B) photoregulation.
C) chemoregulation.
D) thermoregulation.
E) homeostasis.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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If you wanted to design a drug to alter human thermoregulation by altering a part of the brain,you would want to design a drug to alter activity in the


A) cerebrum.
B) cerebellum.
C) hypothalamus.
D) pons.
E) medulla oblongata.

F) None of the above
G) A) and B)

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Freshwater fish lose water by osmosis.

A) True
B) False

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Saltwater fish lose water by osmosis.

A) True
B) False

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