1.2 - Taming and Naming Key Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Any mammal of the family Suidae.
  2. 4. A key for the identification of organisms
  3. 5. An animal living in the wild but descending from domesticated individuals.
  4. 6. Refers to swine.
  5. 9. The act or process of civilizing or of reaching a civilized state.
  6. 17. A division of the classification of life forms beneath class and above family.
  7. 18. An animal of the subfamily Ovidae; sheep, goats, etc.
  8. 20. A measure of physiological fitness of the organism
  9. 22. The breeding of selected plants or animals chosen because of certain desirable qualities.
  10. 23. A member of the dog family
  11. 24. Designating an animal that has been made docile or tractable.
  12. 25. In the naming of plants and animals, Latin is used.
  13. 27. Pertaining to, or resembling, a horse or other member of the family Equidae
Down
  1. 2. Gradual change in succeeding generations of plants and animals
  2. 3. Animals having a common origin and distinguishing characteristics.
  3. 5. The area surrounding an animal that will cause alarm and escape behavior.
  4. 7. One of the five major areas in which all life forms are classified.
  5. 8. A division of the plant or animal kingdom lower than a phylum and higher than an order.
  6. 9. The forming, sorting, apportioning, grouping, or dividing of objects into classes.
  7. 10. Farm animals raised to produce milk, meat, work, and wool;
  8. 11. An animal of the family Bovidae
  9. 12. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
  10. 13. A group of species of plants or animals
  11. 14. A division of the classification of life forms beneath order and before genus.
  12. 15. The science of classification of organisms.
  13. 16. The type and amount of food and drink habitually ingested by a person or an animal.
  14. 19. To bring wild animals under the control of humans over a long period of time
  15. 21. Of or belonging to the family Felidae, including lions, tigers, jaguars, and wild and domestic cats.
  16. 26. The highest grouping in the taxonomy.