Ask A Biologist - Linnaeus Taxonomy - Crossword Puzzle

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1. animals that eat meat.
3. the Swedish university where Linneaus taught
6. the tree that gave Linnaeus' family its name.
9. study of the classification of organisms.
10. the dog family.
12. Spanish word that gives us the English
"cockroach."
13. a group or related species.
15. animals that do not have a backbone.
17. all individuals of a particular type that interbreed
in nature
20. the country where Linnaeus earned his doctorate.
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2. a two-part official name for a living
organism.
4. the father of modern taxonomy.
5. the scientific study of plants.
7. a Latin word meaning "east"
8. a genus of cockroaches
11. the reproductive structures of many plants.
14. one of the five kingdoms of all living things.
16. a group of related plants or animals
18. one of the large groupings that make up the
animal kingdom
19. one of the five kingdoms of all living things
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5. BOTANY
7. ORIENTALIS
8. BLATTA
11. FLOWERS
14. KINGDOM
16. TAXON
18. PHYLUM
19. FUNGI
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