What do you call the part of an experiment that does not receive the variable and is used for comparison?

Which group of chordates does  notpossess true backbones?                 a.  birds      b.  frogs and toads      c.  lampreys      d.  crocodilians

The spermists believed that: the male made the only hereditary contribution to the offspring the male and female traits were blended in the offspring the female made the only hereditary contribution to the offspring the male and the female made equal contributions to the next generation

Can someone pretty me with this ? it’s urgent.compare the three theories of emotion. here are the three theories of emotion. cannon-bard theory of emotion: the belief that both psychological arousal and emotional experience are produced stimultaneously ( at the same time) by the same nerve stimulus. james-lange theory of emotion: the belief that emotional experience is a reaction to bodily events occurring as a result of an external situation. ( “ i feel sad because i am crying.) schachter-singer theory of emotion: the belief that emotions are jointly determined by a nonspecific kind of psychological (bodily function) arousal and its interpretation, based on environmental ( natural surroundings) cues. which of these theories makes most sense to you? why. your response should be written using proper english spelling and grammar. and it needs to be 10 complete sentences.