Across
- 3. is the highest rank in biological classification
- 4. are small infectious agents that replicate only
- 5. are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom
- 7. below order above genus
- 12. ranks below kingdom and above class
- 15. Multiple cells in an organism
- 16. are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms
- 17. a protein coating on a virus
- 20. Exact age of fossils by using carbon isotopes
- 22. is often called the Father of Taxonomy
- 23. involves studying living organisms
- 25. A group of similar species forms a genus
- 28. Rough guess at the age of fossils
- 29. constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota
Down
- 1. Scientific name of an organism
- 2. remains of a prehistoric organism
- 6. Currently accepted scientific theory for many diseases
- 8. is a domain of single-celled organisms
- 9. is the most fundamental unit in taxonomy
- 10. ranks below phylum
- 11. consisting of one biological cell
- 13. is any member of the group of eukaryotic
- 14. kingdom is paraphyletic - it contains the common ancestor but not all its descendants
- 18. highest level of classification
- 19. what the virus or bacteria injects its DNA/RNA
- 21. self-replicating material that is present in organisms
- 24. ranks above family
- 26. One cell organisms
- 27. Half of a DNA stranded