A Name For Every Living Thing

Why did people originally give names to plants and animals?

• • To write stories

• • To decorate their gardens

• • To talk about the natural world

• • To sell them

What language did scientists use to name plants and animals?

• French

• Vietnamese

• Latin

• English

Why was it difficult to keep track of plant names during the exploration of the New World?

• • Plants looked the same

• • People from different languages called the same plant by different names

• • People didn’t care about plants

• • There were too many plants

Who developed the two-part naming system for plants and animals?

• • Isaac Newton

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• • Charles Darwin

• • Carolus Linnaeus

What is Carolus Linnaeus known as?

• • A chemist

• • An engineer

• • A botanist and a medical doctor

• • A mathematician

What two parts make up Linnaeus’s naming system?

• • Kingdom and phylum

• • Class and order

• • Genus and species

• • Family and genus

In Linnaeus's system, which part of the name is capitalized?

• • Neither genus nor species

• • Both genus and species

• • Species

• • Genus

What does the species name in Linnaeus’s system represent?

• • The size of the plant or animal

• • A more specific description of the plant or animal

• • The place it was found

• • The color of the plant

What does the genus Canis include?

• Fish, Sharks

• Cats, Tigers

• Wolves, Dogs

• Humans, Chimpanzees

How many categories are used to classify living things today?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 10