2nd Challenge Review

2. Hierarchical classification system used to organize organisms from domain to species.
5. A change in a species that allows it to survive in its environment.
6. The science of classifying and naming organisms.
7. Internal functional change that helps an organism survive in its environment.
8. Process by which humans select organisms with desired traits for breeding.
10. Latin name used to uniquely identify a species.
11. The science that studies living organisms.
13. Naturalist who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
14. System for grouping organisms into categories based on shared traits.
16. A community of living organisms interacting with each other and their environment.
17. Naturalist who developed the binomial nomenclature system to classify species.

1. The colloquial name used to refer to a species.
3. Physical or structural change that helps a species survive.
4. Evolutionary process where organisms best suited to their environment are more likely to survive.
9. A change in a species’ behavior to better adapt to its environment.
12. Taxonomic category that groups organisms with similar characteristics.
15. A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.