Classification Unit Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. Small, simple cell with no nucleus (Ex: bacteria).
  2. 4. An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
  3. 7. The highest taxonomic rank, or the most general taxon used in classifying organisms (Plant, Animal, Fungi, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista).
  4. 8. Smallest, simplest organisms on the planet.
  5. 10. A possible explanation or answer to a scientific question.
  6. 12. Nonliving factors in an environment (Ex: sunlight, rain).
  7. 16. The movement of molecules from areas of high concentration to low concentration.
  8. 17. A single parent produces offspring that are identical to the parent. (Ex: binary fission in bacteria).
  9. 20. A tool used to identify unknown organisms.
  10. 22. The maintenance of a stable internal environment.
  11. 23. Method A series of steps scientists use to answer or solve a problem.
  12. 24. Consumers that eat/consume others for food.
Down
  1. 1. The science of identifying, classifying, and naming living things.
  2. 3. An organism composed of two or more cells (ex. Bear)
  3. 5. Larger, complex cell with a nucleus (Ex: animal).
  4. 6. Found in all the cells of all living things, the blueprint for life.
  5. 9. The arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on their similarities.
  6. 11. A hypothesis that has been supported by many experiments.
  7. 13. Living factors in an environment (Ex: animals, plants).
  8. 14. Producers, plants that go through photosynthesis using sunlight to make their own food.
  9. 15. A membrane covered structure contains all materials necessary for life.
  10. 18. A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreedin
  11. 19. An organism composed of one cell (ex. Bacteria), Prokaryotic, no nucleus.
  12. 21. The movement of WATER, diffusion of water.