biology crossword

2. knowledge of the physical world
7. the act or process of inferring
9. as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.
10. any trial or test of a hypothesis under carefully managed conditions
11. to devolope gradually
14. A manipulated variable is the independent variable in an experiment.
15. an act or instance of noticing
18. instrument that has a magnifying lens for inspecting objects too small to see with ones eye
19. the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability
20. guess or conjecture

1. dependent variable
3. living organisms from nonliving matter
4. reproduction involving the union of gametes.
5. the science of life or living matter in all its forms
6. decimal measuring system based on the meter
8. mere assumption or guess
12. a plural of datum.
13. The maintenance or growth of dispersed cells in a medium after removal from the body
16. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism
17. a usually microscopic structure containing nuclear and cytoplasmic matiral