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Single celled organism domain, originally classified with bacteria
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Archaea
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Scientific study of plants
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Botany
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Synthesis of organic compounds using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals, most notably in hydrothermal vents
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Chemosynthesis
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Referring to the upper side or back of an organism: ___ fin for example
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Dorsal
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Excessive richness of nutrients in a body of water, eventually causing anoxia following large scale algal blooms
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Eutrophication
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Angiosperms have these defining characteristic, aiding them in reproduction
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Flowers
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Valuable excrement of bats and seabirds, often used as a fertilizer
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Guano
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Large-scale atmospheric convection cell in which air rises at the equator and sinks at medium latitudes, typically about 30° north or south. Causes deserts to be dry
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Hadley Cell
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Most diverse class of animals, a part of the arthropod phylum
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Insecta
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Second period of the mesozoic era
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Jurassic
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Category of taxonomic classification, in between domain and phylum
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Kingdom
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Law of the minimum, the idea that growth is determined by the most limited/scarcest resource
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Liebig's Law
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The vegetative part of a fungus, consists of a network of fine white filaments
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Mycelium
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A cartilaginous skeletal rod supporting the body in chordates
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Notochord
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A cyst containing a zygote formed by a parasitic protozoan, one example being the malaria parasite.
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Oocyst
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Earth's worst extinction event, leading to the extinction of ~90% of Earth's species
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Permo-Triassic Extinction
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Bitter compound present in Cinchona Bark, most notably used as an anti-malarial drug
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Quinine
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Most diverse biome, categorized by high precipitation and consistently warm temperatures
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Rainforest
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Deterioration with age, in plants it is the reason why leaves change color in autumn
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Senescence
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In ecology, it relates to feeding and nutrition. In physiology, it relates to hormones and its effects
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Trophic
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General descriptor for all hoofed animals
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Ungulate
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An organ or part of the body that has remained, but has become functionless over the course of evolution
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Vestigial
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Tardigrades, a fascinating minute animal, are colloquially known by this name
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Water Bear
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Vascular tissue in plants, helps transport water and nutrients against the flow of gravity
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Xylem
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Yellow, internal portion of a birds egg, contains a large amount of protein and fat
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Yolk
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Plankton consisting of small animals
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Zooplankton
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I am rather new to creating quizzes, so finding the right level of difficulty is something that I am still working out
I am thinking about making a sequel to this quiz, and will try and better tailor the difficulty
One nit to pick: in the "T" answer, "It relates" indicates that you're asking for a noun, since "it" is a pronoun. The answer you chose is an adjective. I'm not sure if "trophism" is a word, but I tried it and gave up. Anyone whose done many crosswords would not guess "trophic" for that clue.