Across
- 1. Highest taxonomic rank in the hierarchical biological classification system, above the kingdom level.
- 3. Recognition of the essential character of an organism.
- 7. Organic, living system that function as an individual entity.
- 8. A class or division, regarded as having particular shared characteristics.
- 9. Scientific process which focuses on classifying, naming and grouping organisms.
Down
- 1. Method of identification that scientists use to determine the classification of living things in the natural world. This tool gives you two options on each branch.
- 2. Discipline of biology that explicitly examines the natural variation and relationships of organisms.
- 4. The establishment of a hierarchical system of categories on the basis of presumed natural relationships between organisms.
- 5. Specific characteristic of an organism that is expressed by genes and/or influenced by the environment.
- 6. Second highest taxonomic rank.