Across
- 6. the science of naming organisms and placing them in a hierarchical structure, each level being given a name
- 7. the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics.
- 8. a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g. forest or tundra.
- 11. any organism that lacks a distinct nucleus and other organelles due to the absence of internal membranes.
- 12. a flowering spike of trees such as willow and hazel
- 13. the systematic or scientific naming
- 15. characterized by, relating to, or requiring only a small amount of moisture
- 17. a group of related living things (as animals or plants) that ranks above the class and below the kingdom in scientific classification
- 19. the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain
- 20. of, relating to, or growing in conditions of medium water supply
Down
- 1. the equivalent of a Phylum
- 2. a specific, individual identity within a larger plant family or species
- 3. the study of the physical form and external structure of plants
- 4. a world area or region distinguished from a neighbor by a major physical climatic characteristic that is of global scale.
- 5. an embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first leaves to appear from a germinating seed.
- 9. the action or process of adapting or being adapted.
- 10. principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name
- 14. a plant variety that has been produced in cultivation by selective breeding
- 16. an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus
- 18. a biological designation for any life form that identifies it within an established ranking system based on its physical and genetic similarities to other life forms