Across
- 2. A tentative explanation that a scientist proposes for a specific phenomenon that has been observed
- 4. Scientific investigation involving the observation of phenomena, the formulation of a hypothesis concerning the phenomena, experimentation to demonstrate the truth or falseness of the hypothesis, and results that validate or modify the hypothesis
- 5. Any method of learning about the natural world that follows the scientific method
- 8. The process of scientific inquiry that focuses on describing nature
- 10. The scientific study of life
- 11. A component of the process of science whereby a scientist carries out two parallel tests, an experimental test and a control test
Down
- 1. A biological community and its physical environment
- 2. The process of scientific inquiry that uses the steps of the scientific method to answer questions about nature
- 3. A process in which organisms with certain inherited characteristics are more likely to survive and reproduce than are organisms with other characteristics; differential reproductive success
- 6. A widely accepted explanatory idea that is broad in scope and supported by a large body of evidence
- 7. The set of common characteristics that distinguish living organisms, including such properties and processes as order, regulation, growth and development, energy utilization, response to the environment, reproduction, and the capacity to evolve over time
- 9. The entire portion of Earth inhabited by life