Biology Vocab

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Across
  1. 4. the action or process of making a copy of something
  2. 9. the process of developing or being developed
  3. 10. a variable (often denoted by x ) whose variation does not depend on that of another.
  4. 12. made up of one cell
  5. 16. state of balance among all the body systems needed for the body to survive and function correctly
  6. 17. a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring
  7. 18. structures that carry out specialized jobs within an organ system
Down
  1. 1. study of life
  2. 2. variable (often denoted by y ) whose value depends on that of another.
  3. 3. made up of multiple cells
  4. 5. any of a number of organized or specialized structures within a living cell
  5. 6. the smallest unit that can perform a life process
  6. 7. a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
  7. 8. the process by which the body changes
  8. 11. any of the distinct types of material of which animals or plants are made, consisting of specialized cells and their products.
  9. 13. the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work
  10. 14. a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
  11. 15. the basic unit of a chemical element