Life and The Scientific Method

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Across
  1. 4. comes after a hypothesis and is used to determine whether the hypothesis is correct.
  2. 8. the question being addressed.
  3. 9. use of a tool to collect data.
  4. 12. ability of an organism to pass on genetic information.
  5. 14. the ability of an organism to change over time.
  6. 15. the study of life.
  7. 16. the variable that is being measured. Depends on the independent variable.
Down
  1. 1. analysis of data.
  2. 2. your observations and experiences stored in your brain; prior _____________.
  3. 3. data that is a descriptive observation; what it looks, feels, smells like.
  4. 5. the maintaining of constant internal conditions or balance.
  5. 6. a standard for comparison.
  6. 7. data that can be measured with instruments and has numbers and units.
  7. 10. the variable that is being manipulated.
  8. 11. basic unit of living organisms.
  9. 13. organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world; scientific _________.