Across
- 5. the science of classification of organisms and other objects and their arrangement into systematic groups
- 7. the gradual change in succeeding generations of plants and animals
- 10. pertaining to the family Equidae; horses, mules, etc.
- 12. a measure of physiological fitness of the organism to one or several conditions of its environment
- 13. an animal living in the wild, but descending from domesticated individuals
- 14. refers to swine
- 16. farm animals raised to produce milk, meat, and/or wool
- 17. one of the five major areas in which all life forms are classified; Animalia, Fungi, Plantae, etc.
Down
- 1. the type and amount of food and drink habitually ingested by a person or animal
- 2. to bring wild animals under the control of humans over a long period of time to provide products and/or services
- 3. an animal of the family Bovidae; a cow, bull, steer, calf, or ox
- 4. the forming, sorting, grouping, or dividing of objects into classes to form an ordered arrangement of items
- 6. a member of the dog family; includes dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.
- 8. an animal in the subfamily Ovidae; sheep, goats, etc.
- 9. any system of persons or things ranked one above another
- 11. to make an animal docile or tractable
- 13. belonging to the family Felidae; lions, tigers, jaguars, domestic cats
- 15. animals having a common origin and distinguishing characteristics