Binomial nomenclature and
scientific names
Review
1. The first part of a scientific name is the
Genus
____________
and the second part is the
_______________.
species
2. What is the correct way to write the scientific
name for humans?
a. Homo sapiens
c. homo Sapiens
b. homo sapiens
d. Homo sapiens
3. What are 3 rules you must follow when
writing a scientific name?
1. Genus is always capitalized
2. species is always lowercase
3. Both underlined or italicized
4. What 2 classification levels are used for the
scientific name? (already had a question like
this!)
Genus and species
5.
6. Which of the following scientific name is
written correctly? (African elephant)
a. Loxodonta africana
Genus is capitalized, species is
lowercase and its underlined!
b. Loxodonta africana
c. loxodonta Africana