NAMING SPECIES

Question 1

taxonomy

Answer 1

branch of biology that identifies, names & classifies species based on their features.
Carl Linnaeus is known as the father of taxonomy. And is credited with developing the system for
naming species called Binomial Nomenclature.

Question 2

binomial nomenclature

Answer 2

the system of giving a 2-word latin name to each species.
The first part is the Genus (taxonomic group of closely related species) and is always capitalized, the second part is the species and is in lower case.
When the name is typed it is always Italicized.

Question 3

Genus

Answer 3

major group to which organism belongs to (first letter capitalized.)

Question 4

Species

Answer 4

specific species to which the organism belongs to (first letter lower case.)

Question 5

taxonomic categories

Answer 5

There are eight ranks. Domain is the most general, containing the most species. The species rank is specific to one species.
1. domain
2. kingdom
3. phylum
4. class
5. order
6. family
7. genus
8. species