Across
- 5. the sum of all the chemical processes of life
- 6. the stable internal condition maintained by organisms
- 7. active during the day
- 9. structure the primary basis for classifying living things
- 13. the study of living things
- 15. means two growing seasons
- 16. the uniting of a sperm cell from a pollen grain with an egg cell in the ovary
- 18. the study of animals
- 20. another word for inactive
- 21. involves thinking about the objects and events of nature and creating a sensible explanation
- 25. plant life
- 26. the process which combines nutrients with oxygen to produce ATP
- 28. the number of independent variables in an experiment
- 30. the early growth of a seed
- 32. everything surrounding the organism being studied
- 34. the ripened ovary of a flower whether edible or not
- 35. a way of explaining an object or event by using a set of facts
- 36. the study of organisms interacting with their surroundings and each other
- 37. animal life
- 41. a conclusion based on reasoning from evidence
- 42. a factor that is observed to determine the results of an experiment
- 43. anything that is a partial representation of something else
- 44. the transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma
- 46. the first to clearly define the idea of a species
Down
- 1. vents the hot springs found on the ocean floor
- 2. the science of classification
- 3. method a way for scientists to gather and pursue scientific knowledge
- 4. the process by which life continues through the generation of new organisms
- 8. grows from year to year
- 10. the study of reasoning
- 11. the smallest unit of living things
- 12. factor that you change to test your hypothesis
- 14. scientific term for a flowering plant
- 17. means one growing season
- 19. gathering data about nature in an organized way
- 22. the methodical testing of hypotheses
- 23. the home of an organism
- 24. an organism that consists of a single cell
- 26. Linnaeus the Father of Taxonomy
- 27. the ability of an object to be cut into equal halves
- 29. the sweet liquid stored in the base of the blossom
- 31. the study of organisms that are too small to see with the unaided eye
- 33. active mainly at night
- 38. often serve to attract insects or birds
- 39. the enlarged upper portion of a flower's stem
- 40. leaf-life structures that surround the base of the petals
- 45. the study of plants
