The part of the peripheral nervous system that carries sensory information to the CNS is designated: 

Areas of skin innervated by branches of single spinal nerves are known as:

The somatic nervous system is inolved in:

The spinal cord decreases in diameter as you move inferiorly.

Whale fins and bird wings perform different functions, but have similar anatomy. Birds and whales are both vertebrates.  Choose the best answer.                  

We have been working on our allelopathy project this semester.  We also discussed allelopathy in small groups and in our lecture class.  Discuss allelopathy and it’s importance to our communities.  In your discussion, tell me what allelopathy is, it’s mechanism, why it is important to study allelopathy, and how we can use allelopathy to make our communities better.  This is a great opportunity to show me vocabulary you learned in our allelopathy lecture (such as transpiration, leaching, allelochemicals, and so many more words) .      

One of the major adaptations of plants is alternation of generations.  Examine the figure included and choose the best answer regarding alternation of generations. 

The eyes of an octopus and the eyes of a cat are ____________ structures.  Octopus are molluscs and cats are mammals.

Animals with two germ layers are _________ while animals with three germ layers are _____________

If a base pair in the DNA sequence is altered, the protein generated is an altered protein that may result in a different phenotype.  For example, the normal phenotype is a cat with brown fur.  When the DNA sequence is altered, the altered phenotype is a cat with white fur.  What kind of agent of change is this an example of?