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Across 3. the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants. 6. Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species. 8. Biology. a taxonomic kingdom comprising the protists. 10. any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc. 11. a key for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters 12. an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area 13. a person 14. a taxonomic kingdom, or in some classification schemes a division of the kingdom Plantae, comprising all the fungus groups and sometimes also the slime molds. 15. the act of classifying.

Down 1. the science or technique of classification. 2. the process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures, as predators, changes in climate, or competition for food or mates, will tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers than others of their kind, thus ensuring the perpetuation of those favorable traits in succeeding generations. 4. grassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open plain or woodland, usually in subtropical or tropical regions. 5. Biology. the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals. 7. a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind. 9. ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Monera (in some classification systems the plant class Schizomycetes), various species of which are involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation.