Across
- 2. the language used to give organisms their scientific names
- 4. organisms that are decomposers and cannot make their own food
- 11. a mammal that goes "woof woof"
- 13. organisms that live in extreme environments and get energy from unusual sources
- 14. a type of bird that cannot fly
- 15. the skin covering of mammals
- 17. organisms that can cause disease and pollution, but also be helpful sometimes
- 20. animals without a backbone
- 21. the prices of converting sunlight to sugar
- 23. animals that have hair or fur, are warm-blooded, and give birth to live young
- 26. cold-blooded animals that have scales, breathe through lungs, and lay eggs
- 27. cold-blooded animals that have scales, breathe through gills, and lay eggs
Down
- 1. animals that have feathers, are warm-blooded, and lay eggs
- 3. there are six of these that are used to classify organisms
- 5. the skin covering of fish and reptiles
- 6. the skin covering of birds
- 7. the broadest (least specific) level of classification
- 8. the sorting of things into groups of similar items
- 9. cold-blooded animals that have smooth skin and begin their life in water, but move to land
- 10. organisms that sometimes join together to form a colony that looks like one larger organism
- 12. animals with a backbone
- 16. Organisms that cannot make their own food and are divided into vertebrates and invertebrates
- 18. a type of key scientists use to classify organisms
- 19. the level of classification that comes right before species
- 22. Organisms that use photosynthesis to change sunlight into sugar
- 24. the most specific level of classification
- 25. an amphibian that goes "ribbit ribbit"
