Across
- 3. A supposition or tentative explanation for (a group of) phenomena, (a set of) facts, or a scientific inquiry that may be tested, verified or answered by further investigation or methodological experiment
- 5. anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change
- 7. what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during the experiment
- 10. a circular chart divided into sections that each represent a percentage of the total
- 11. any process that living things use to actively maintain fairly stable conditions necessary for survival
- 13. a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life
Down
- 1. the thin life-supporting stratum of Earth's surface, extending from a few kilometres into the atmosphere to the deep-sea vents of the ocean
- 2. the variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment
- 4. the science of life and living organisms
- 5. 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
- 6. a graphical representation of data, quantities, or numbers using bars or strips
- 8. a graph that utilizes points and lines to represent change over time
- 9. a statement that describes an observable occurrence in nature that appears to always be true
- 12. a living thing that has an organized structure, can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, adapt, and maintain homeostasis