BIOLOGY

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Across
  1. 1. Highest taxonomic rank in the hierarchical biological classification system, above the kingdom level.
  2. 3. Recognition of the essential character of an organism.
  3. 7. Organic, living system that function as an individual entity.
  4. 8. A class or division, regarded as having particular shared characteristics.
  5. 9. Scientific process which focuses on classifying, naming and grouping organisms.
Down
  1. 1. Method of identification that scientists use to determine the classification of living things in the natural world. This tool gives you two options on each branch.
  2. 2. Discipline of biology that explicitly examines the natural variation and relationships of organisms.
  3. 4. The establishment of a hierarchical system of categories on the basis of presumed natural relationships between organisms.
  4. 5. Specific characteristic of an organism that is expressed by genes and/or influenced by the environment.
  5. 6. Second highest taxonomic rank.