TAXONOMY CROSSWORD

classification of organisms into an ordered system based on natural relationships
category ranking below a genus and consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding.
category ranking below a family and above a species and generally consisting of a group of species exhibiting similar characteristics
a primary division of a kingdom
a group having certain attributes or traits in common
category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus
category of organisms ranking above a family and below a class
any of three primary divisions of organisms, consisting of the eukaryotes, bacteria, and archaea
category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus
one of the 6 basic groups of taxonomy
comprising all the fungus groups
kingdom comprising all plants
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals
kingdom comprising the protists
a large group of bacteria characterized by a rigid cell wall and, in motile types, flagella; the true bacteria
considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae
an organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances
an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food
a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified