Characteristics of life and Taxonomy/classification Crossword

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process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment
A change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react
an action or change in behavior do to a Stimulus
organisms composed of one cell
organisms consisting of many cells
A branching diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms
The end of a species existence.
Discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a universally accepted name
A family tree that shows the evolutionary relationships thought to exist among groups of organisms
"Father of Taxonomy"; established his classification of living things; famous for animal naming system of binomial nomenclature
A system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species name
A taxonomic category above the kingdom level. The three domains are Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
Largest and most inclusive group in classification, protista, fungi, plantae, animalia
a kingdom of unicellular living organisms that are neither animals nor plants; includes some groups of algae, slime molds and protozoa. Both heterotroph & autotroph
Kingdom composed of heterotrophs; many obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter
A kingdom made up of complex, multicellular organisms that lack cell walls, can usually move around, and quickly respond to their environment. heterotroph
Kingdom of multicellular photosynthetic autotrophs that have cell walls containing cellulose, autotroph
An organism that makes its own food
An organism that cannot make its own food.
Only eats meat

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