Biology

5. usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
7. the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
8. process in the breeding of animals and in the cultivation of plants by which the breeder chooses to perpetuate only those forms having certain desirable inheritable characteristics.
11. a proposition assumed as a premise in an argument.
14. a taxonomic category, as a species or genus.
15. the recognized Latin name given to an organism, consisting of a genus and species, according to a taxonomy.
16. any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane.
19. the hypothesis to be tested.
22. a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
23. a tree in the Garden of Eden that yielded food giving everlasting life.
24. the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.

1. to test or verify by a parallel experiment or other standard of comparison.
2. adjustment.
3. any organism that contains a membrane bound nucleus.
4. the genetic contribution of an individual to the next generation's gene pool relative to the average for the population
6. the formation of new species as a result of geographic,physiological, anatomical, or behavioral factors that preventpreviously interbreeding populations from breeding with each other.
9. any process of formation or growth.
10. the process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures.
12. the highest taxonomic rank of organisms, higher than a kingdom.
13. capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes.
17. this states that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
18. the primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom, grouping together all classes of organisms that have the same body plan.
20. projection.
21. the science or technique of classification.