Binomial Nomenclature

Who created the system of Taxonomy?

• Albert Einstein

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

Binomial Nomenclature takes which two taxons to name a species?

• Genus and Kingdom

• Phylum and Class

• Family and class

• Genus and species

The smallest classification group consists of:

• Organisms that are very different

• Organisms that do not look the same

• Organisms that are very similar

Which taxon comes next? Domain... Kingdom... Phylum

• Order

• Genus

• Class

• Family

What kingdom would a human belong to?

• Plant

• Animalia

• Protist

• Fungi

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Crocodila

Family: Alligatoridae

Genus: Alligator

Species: mississippiensis

• alligator Mississippiensis

• Crocodila chordata

• Alligator mississippiensis

• Reptilia crocodila

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family:Canidae

Genus: Canis

Species: mesomelas

• Mammalia carnivora

• Canidae mesomelas

• Canis mesomelas

• Animalia chordata

Ratufa indica is the scientific name for an Indian giant squirrel.

If you were to write its scientific name in your notebook, how should you do it?

• In italics, with the genus name starting with a capital letter

• Highlighted in yellow, all lower caps

• Underlined, with the genus name starting with a capital letter

• Underlined, with the species name starting with a capital letter

Which scientific name is TYPED correctly

• carcharhinus melanopterus

• Carcharhinus Melanopterus

• Carcharhinus melanopterus

• Carcharhinus melanopterus

Which scientific name is HANDWRITTEN correctly?

• Hippocampus bargibanti

• Hippocampus bargibanti

• Hippocampus Bargibanti

• hippocampus bargibanti