Question

What is binomial nomenclature?

Answer 1

• Binomial nomenclature is the system of naming organisms. Binomial nomenclature gives each species a scientific name.
• The scientific name consists of two parts. The first part is the genus name and the second part is the species name.
• It is always written in italics or underlined. The first letter of the genus name is always capitalized.
• However, the first letter of species is not capitalized. For example, the scientific name of a human is Homo sapiens.
• In this, Homo is a genus that includes early and modern humans and sapiens are species-specific for humans.