5.06 Scientific Names

Time to Reflect

With so many living things on earth, scientists use a two name system. The genus name and species name from the scientific classification are used. This allows for information on living organisms to be global.

Scientific names contain the genus and species name of the organism.
These names are in Greek or Latin and many times are characteristic descriptions of the organism.

Tour Debrief

You have completed this activity if you have:

added the new terms and their meanings to your Module 5 Glossary Sheet
read the article "Those Scientific Names"
completed the reading guide questions for the article

5.06 Scientific Names
20 points

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