Across
- 2. cycle the stages a living thing goes through as it grows and changes
- 4. an animal with a backbone
- 8. a group of similar living things that can reproduce with one another
- 10. a body part or behavior that helps a living thing survive
- 11. the science of naming and grouping living things
- 12. the scientific study of animals
Down
- 1. the process of sorting things into groups based on shared characteristics
- 3. an animal without a backbone
- 5. everything God made
- 6. any living thing such as a plant, animal, or bacterium
- 7. a large group used to organize living things
- 9. to sort things into groups based on what they have in common