In the Declaration of Independence Jefferson blamed King George for the crisis with the North American colonies.   

At Yorktown Lord Cornwallis surrendered his entire army to Washington.  

The Virginia Company prohibited females from immigrating  to Jamestown.  

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Benjamin Franklin was devoted to scientific investigation and also founded a public library, started a fire department, helped create the University of Pennsylvania.  

Name the two types of pigment found in hair? (brownish black) and (reddish-yellow)  (Spelling counts)

According to the text, picking is the most efficient means of collecting hairs from large surfaces. (T/F)

The cuticle portion of a hair found on hairpieces (wigs, toupees, or extensions) are often chemically removed and appear smooth.  (T/F) 

Prokaryotes are single cell organisms (like bacteria or archaea) that _____ a membrane-bound nucleus.

Pick one of the topics below and write your answers in the space provided. If you answer both, I will only grade the first response.  1. Of what general age and significance are Precambrian red beds and banded iron formations? Comment on 1) the general age in which red beds (2.5 pts) and banded iron formations (2.5 pts) are found in the rock record (not just saying they were in the Precambrian!), and 2) what major environmental significance do their presence reflect (2.5 for red beds and 2.5 pts for BIFs). OR 2. What are the sedimentary characteristics of the basal transgressive sandstone (Ordovician St. Peter Sandstone) of the Tippecanoe sequence (comment on at least 2 sedimentary characteristics – 4 pts)?  How did such a pure and widespread sand body form (comment on the original source and how they came to be part of the St. Peter Sandstone – 6 pts)?