Diversity Crossword Puzzle

Diversity

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Have fibrous root systems

Conducts carbohydrates from leaf to rest of plant

Tiny threads of cytoplasm surrounded by a plasma membrane and call wall

Transports water, mineral nutrients, and organic molecules between roots and shoots

A plant produces haploid reproductive calls called _________

A virus that infects only bacteria

Have taproot system

Animals without a backbone

Some animals have a fluid-filled body cavity called a _______

Answering a number of questions to seperate and group organisms by common structures

Allows bacteria to reproduce quickly

Site of gas exchange and photosynthesis

Water evaporates into air spaces and out through stoma

Type of stem which can survive the winter

Does not have a nucleus

Spores undergo cell division to grow into a new plant

Mirror image right and left sides

Caused by water and dissolved minerals which pushes sap up the xylem

Oldest and most abundant organisms on earth. Single celled

Invented binomial namenclature

Absorb their nutrients from living hosts

Part of a plant that supports leaves and flowers

The study of form and structure of organisms

Closely related to prokaryotes but are not classified because they are not considered living

Kingdom fungi

Covered with cilia for movement through water and to sweep food into their oral groove

One of the 5 stages of virus reproduction

Younger xylem which conducts water and minerals

The evolutionary development of a group of organisms

The science of naming, identifying and classifying species

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