Biology Chapter 1 Vocabuary
Across
- 3. system: group of organs that work together to do a certain job
- 5. all of the populations of different species that live in the same area
- 7. structure composed of more than one type of tissue that performs a particular function
- 8. variable: variable in a scientific experiment that is manipulated by the researcher to investigate its affect on another variable, called the dependent variable.
- 11. all the living things in a given area together with the physical factors of the nonliving environment
- 13. part of Earth where all life exists, including land, water, and air
- 15. the variety of life and its processes; including the variety of living organisms, the genetic differences among them, and the communities and ecosystems in which they occur
- 17. possible answer to a scientific question; must be falsifiable
- 19. process of maintaining a stable environment inside a cell or an entire organism
- 20. basic unit of structure and function of living things
- 22. group of similar ecosystems with the same general type of physical environment
- 23. method: the process of a scientific investigation
- 24. law: statement describing what always happens under certain conditions in nature.
Down
- 1. all the organisms of the same species that live in the same area
- 2. process by which living things give rise to offspring
- 4. group of cells of the same kind that perform a particular function in an organism
- 6. variable: variable in a scientific experiment that is affected by another variable, called the independent variable.
- 9. anything that is detected with the senses
- 10. an individual living thing
- 12. theory: broad explanation that is widely accepted as true because it is supported by a great deal of evidence.
- 14. science of life, study of life
- 16. relationship between living things that depend on the same resources in the same place and at the same time
- 18. close relationship between organisms of different species in which at least one of the organisms benefits from the relationship
- 20. theory: theory that all living things are made up of cells, all life functions occur within cells, and all cells come from already existing cells.
- 21. theory: Theory that the characteristics of living things are controlled by genes that are passed from parents to offspring.