This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Ecology & Evolution has 15 clues. Answers range from 5 to 20 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Science of classifiying organisms
Scientist who introduced scientific names and basis for our current classification system
What classification today is based on
The largest and broadest level of classification
Two word naming system for scientific names
1st word in a scientific name
domain of organisms who cells do not have a nucleus
domain of organisms that have a nucleus present
a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
an ancestral species from which later species evolved
made of a single cell
characteristics that appear in recent parts of group but not in its older members (traits on cladograms)
unicellular prokaryotic organisms without a nucleus
warm-blooded, hair on skin, female produce milk, lungs and diaphragm present, internal fertilization, embryos develop inside mother's body
organism that makes its own food using chemicals