The answer is spicules. These
sharp-pointed structures are formed from calcium carbonate skeleton of
the organisms. They can also be formed from silica. They can be big (megascleres),
or microscopic (microscleres). Also dependent on the number of axis on the spicules, they are classified as monoaxon,
triaxon or polyaxon.
Essentially, a control variable is what is kept the same throughout the experiment, and it is not of primary concern in the experimental outcome. Any change in a control variable in an experiment would invalidate the correlation of dependent variables (DV) to the independent variable (IV), thus skewing the results.
Your brain stem would be your answer
Alright, so mass is a property of a physical body. During physical changes, such as acceleration, force, etc, the mass stays the same since we are not affecting its physical shape, just where it is physics wise. So yeah mass is conserved during a physical change.
(This is very confusing I'm bad at explaining things sorry)