Module 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 8. organisms that eat only plants
  2. 11. reproduction that requires two organisms
  3. 14. the process by which physical and biological characteristics are transmitted from the parent to the offspring
  4. 16. a unit of one or more populations of individuals that can reproduce under normal conditions, produce fertile offspring, and are reproductively isolated from other such units
  5. 18. an educated guess that attempts to explain an observation or answer a question
  6. 19. a hypothesis that has been tested with a significant amount of data
  7. 24. living creatures that are too small to see with the naked eye
  8. 25. the sum total of all processes in an organism which convert energy and matter from outside sources and use that energy and matter to sustain the organism's life forms
  9. 26. a theory that has been tested by and is consistent with generations of data
  10. 27. the sum total of all processes in an organism which break down chemicals to produce energy and simple chemical building blocks
Down
  1. 1. organisms that eat both plants and other organisms
  2. 2. organisms that are able to make their own food
  3. 3. organisms that eat only organisms other than plants
  4. 4. the idea that long ago, very simple life forms spontaneously appeared through chemical reactions
  5. 5. a cell that has no distinct, membrane-bound organelles
  6. 6. organisms that depend on other organisms for their food
  7. 7. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use the energy of sunlight and simple chemicals to produce their own food
  8. 9. reproduction accomplished by a single organism
  9. 10. the sum total of all processes in an organism which use energy and simple chemical building blocks to produce large chemicals and structures necessary for life
  10. 12. organisms that produce their own food
  11. 13. organisms that break down the dead remains of other organisms
  12. 15. the science of classifying organisms
  13. 17. an abrupt and marked change in the DNA of an organism compared to that of its parents
  14. 20. special structures that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their internal or external environment
  15. 21. nomenclature naming an organism with its genus and species name
  16. 22. a cell with distinct membrane-bound organelles
  17. 23. organisms that eat living producers and/or other consumers for food