Biodiversity

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping (7)
  2. 5. Influencing strongly (plural) (7)
  3. 8. Any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix (6)
  4. 11. Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness (8)
  5. 14. The state of being clear of trees (13)

Down

  1. 1. The environment as it relates to living organisms (7)
  2. 2. Living things like dogs and birds (7)
  3. 3. Free-living or colonial organisms with diverse nutritional and reproductive modes (7)
  4. 6. The branches of ___ science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (plural) (9)
  5. 7. Living things like trees and flowers that grow in soil (6)
  6. 9. A deciduous tree of the genus Quercus (3)
  7. 10. A taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species (7)
  8. 12. The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools (5)
  9. 13. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical (3)