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Chapter 1 - Biology in the 21st Century (Sections 1.1 and 1.2)
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bioshpere:All living things and all the places they are found on Earth make up the______.
biodiversity:The variety of life is called biological diversity or_______.
species:A particular type of living thing that can reproduce by interbreeding among themselves.
biology:The scientific study of all forms of life.
organism:An_________ is any individual living thing.
cell:A_____ is the basic unit of life.
metabolism:The chemical processes that build up or break down materials.
dna:molecule that stores genetic information in all organisms
system:An organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole.
ecosystem:A physical environment with different species that interact with one another and with nonliving things.
homeostasis:The maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism.
evolution:_____ is the change in living things over time.
adaptation:An inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations is an ___________.
Chapter 1 - Biology in the 21st Century (Sections 1.1 and 1.2)
Across:2. | The chemical processes that build up or break down materials. | 6. | molecule that stores genetic information in all organisms | 8. | A physical environment with different species that interact with one another and with nonliving things. |
| 11. | The variety of life is called biological diversity or_______. | 13. | An_________ is any individual living thing. |
| | Down:1. | An organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole. | 3. | An inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations is an ___________. | 4. | A particular type of living thing that can reproduce by interbreeding among themselves. | 5. | All living things and all the places they are found on Earth make up the______. |
| 7. | _____ is the change in living things over time. | 9. | The scientific study of all forms of life. | 10. | A_____ is the basic unit of life. | 12. | The maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism. |
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Chapter 1 - Biology in the 21st Century (Sections 1.1 and 1.2)
Across:2. | The chemical processes that build up or break down materials. | 6. | molecule that stores genetic information in all organisms | 8. | A physical environment with different species that interact with one another and with nonliving things. |
| 11. | The variety of life is called biological diversity or_______. | 13. | An_________ is any individual living thing. |
| | Down:1. | An organized group of related parts that interact to form a whole. | 3. | An inherited trait that gives an advantage to individual organisms and is passed on to future generations is an ___________. | 4. | A particular type of living thing that can reproduce by interbreeding among themselves. | 5. | All living things and all the places they are found on Earth make up the______. |
| 7. | _____ is the change in living things over time. | 9. | The scientific study of all forms of life. | 10. | A_____ is the basic unit of life. | 12. | The maintenance of constant internal conditions in an organism. |
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