Question

Four statements stated by four students as a part of a discussion in classsroom is given below. After the discussion, teacher concluded that only one statement is true. Identify the correct statement.

• A. Statement A: A scientific name gives information about the organism's family, genus, and species.
• B. Statement B: A scientific name gives information about the organism's genus, and species.
• C. Statement C: A scientific name gives information about the organism's order, family, genus, and species.
• D. Statement D: A scientific name gives information about the organism's order, and family.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Statement B: A scientific name gives information about the organism's genus, and species.

A scientific name typically consists of two parts - the generic name and the specific name, which are simply the genus and species names respectively. It does not provide information about the family or order of the organism. For example, the scientific name of human being is Homo sapiens. That is, humans belong to the genus Homo and the species name is sapiens.