Scientific Method crossword

1. scientific explanation for a set of observations that can be tested in ways that support or reject it
3. an experiment in which only one variable is changed
6. A change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react
8. Process in which cells become specialized in structure and function
10. variable that is deliberately changed in an experiment
12. A type of reproduction when offspring are clones of the parent
13. act of noticing and describing events or processes in a careful, orderly way
14. a group that is tested on everything except for the changed variable

1. maintaining a stable, internal environment
2. All of the reactions that occur as your body breaks down food into molecules that cells can use
4. A change in allele frequencies in a population over time.
5. variable that changes in response to the independent variable
7. A type reproduction when two cells must unite to create offspring
9. An inherited characteristic that increases an organisms chance of survival
11. The smallest functional unit of life