Across
- 3. members of an informal grouping of diverse eukaryotic organisms
- 5. classifying and organizing of all living things
- 8. driving its nutritional requirements
- 9. large group typically having simple cells
- 10. a system that goes from large general grouping to small specific groupings
- 12. classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes
- 14. modification of the characteristics of an organism
- 15. the most specific group
- 17. organism that feeds on or derives nourishment
- 19. the second most general group
- 20. any group of things classed as kindred
Down
- 1. organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances
- 2. similar to bacteria in size
- 4. called reproductive unit capable of giving raise
- 6. system of uniting a scientific name
- 7. synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria
- 11. most general group
- 13. second most specific group
- 16. Von Linnaeus: father of modern classification system
- 18. ranks in descending order of size