Classification Crossword

4. / taxonomic category below class that includes one or more families.
6. Nomenclature / scientific naming of species whereby each organism receives a genus and species name.
8. / the evolutionary history for a group of species.
9. / substance that stimulates an immune response, producing acquired immunity without illness or infection.
10. / chemical that kills or slows the growth of bacteria.
15. / taxonomic category that includes individuals able to reproduce fertile offspring together.
16. / taxonomic category below phylum that includes a group of organisms that share one or more fundamental characteristics.
17. / rapid outbreak of a disease that affects many people.
18. / division of organisms that ranks above a kingdom in systems of classification that are based on shared similarities in DNA sequences.
21. / agent that causes disease.

1. Cycle / infectious pathway of a virus in which host cells are not immediately destroyed.
2. / taxonomic category below order that includes one or more genus.
3. Cycle / infectious pathway of a virus in which host cells are destroyed.
5. / infectious particle made only of a strand of either DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat.
7. / second highest taxonomic category grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common.
9. / infectious particle made only of a strand of either DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat.
11. / branch of science concerned with classification of organisms
12. / “flu”-commonly epidemic disease caused by rapidly mutating virus
13. / Human Immunodeficiency Virus- virus that weakens the immune system by reproducing in and destroying T cells; and causes AIDS.
14. / poison released by an organism
19. / taxonomic category below kingdom that in a large group of organisms that share one or more fundamental characteristics.
20. / taxonomic category below family that includes one or more species. It is used as the first word in a scientific name.