Scientific Classification Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. main classification of living organisms that includes all animals
  2. 3. organism of the kingdom Monera, bacteria and cyanobacteria characterized by the absence of distinct membrane-bound nucleus or organelles
  3. 4. taxonomic category above family and below class
  4. 6. bacteria characterized by a rigid cell wall and, in motile types, flagella
  5. 11. primary division of a kingdom ranking next above class in size
  6. 13. systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of taxonomy
  7. 15. taxonomic category below family and above species
Down
  1. 1. classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships
  2. 2. microorganisms now regarded as members of the Archaea
  3. 3. group of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature, some plants and some animals
  4. 5. taxonomic category of related organisms below order and above genus
  5. 7. set, collection, group containing members having certain attributes or traits in common
  6. 8. eukaryotic organisms, lacking chlorophyll and vascular tissue, range in size from single cell to body mass of branching filamentous hyphae
  7. 9. individual form of life made up of organs, organelles, or other parts that work together to carry on the various processes of life
  8. 10. category of taxonomic classification below genus or subgenus, consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding
  9. 12. any multicellular organism producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking power of locomotion
  10. 14. belonging to Precambrian time, marked by an atmosphere with little free oxygen