Question

What is a scientific name for?

Answer 1

Scientific name:

1. The scientific name is the name that is used to identify any organism that is universally accepted.
2. The system of naming organisms is called binomial nomenclature.
3. It was introduced by Carl Linnaeus

Two parts of binomial nomenclature:

1. Genus: According to binomial nomenclature, the first letter of the genera of an organism is denoted by a capital letter, comes before species, and is written in italics or underlined.
2. Species: According to binomial nomenclature, the first letter of a species starts with a smaller letter and comes after the name of the genus of an organism.

Example: The scientific name of wheat is Triticum aestivum where Triticum represents genus name and aestivum represents species name.

Uses of scientific name:

1. Scientific name is used to identify and name an organism in an universally accepted way.
2. Scientific names help in identifying organisms regardless of location and language.