The Science of Biology

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. To show a ___ or a reaction to something (7)
  2. 7. A relation of constraint of one entity by another (7)
  3. 8. Metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via (11)
  4. 11. An individual living thing. (8)
  5. 12. The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation (10)
  6. 13. The process of an individual organism growing organically (6)
  7. 14. Something that is likely to vary (8)
  8. 15. The power to do work or make things move (6)

Down

  1. 1. A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (11)
  2. 3. Characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms (7)
  3. 4. Tiniest unit of living things (plural) (5)
  4. 5. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)
  5. 6. A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations (10)
  6. 9. A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world (6)
  7. 10. To have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant (9)