Day One: Vocabulary

1. a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method, and which brings together many facts and hypotheses
4. a proposition made as a basis for reasoning, without any assumption of its truth
7. Graph another term for pie chart
8. a diagram in which the numerical values of variables are represented by the height or length of lines or rectangles of equal width
11. a variable whose value depends on that of another
13. a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
14. the material structure of an individual life form

2. a variable whose variation does not depend on that of another
3. a graph that uses lines to connect individual data points
5. analogous parts of other planets occupied by living organisms
6. statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena
9. A state of balance among all the body systems needed for the body to survive and function correctly
10. anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change
12. the study of living organisms