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In general, naming organisms is one of the activities involved in the science of Taxonomy. Taxonomists are people who study, identify, classify and name organisms.
Because it is important that scientists can share information and be understood worldwide, they use the Latin language when assigning names to organisms. For example, it does not matter if you travel in Japan, Greece or Florida, if you were to see the identical lily plant in ALL THREE places and around the world, it would have the same Latin name that some botantist had once given it.
Broadly speaking, living organisms "belong to" a species, a genus, a family, an order and kingdom. The Latin nomenclature assigns names for each hierarchy. Most people would identify a plant by genus and species (e.g., Quercus Alba is Latin for White Oak) and of course the famous, human species, Homo sapiens.
Organisms can be named for people, however, it is probably more helpful when their name contains some obvious attribute. A purple plant in some genus might be given the specific name of "purpurea", a white plant in the same genus would be named "Alba". That way when anyone observed the plants they could tell which species they had just by looking at the color.
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What is the term used for describing things that are living?
organism is another term for a living thing.an organismorganismorganismanimate, alive, mortal, not dead, organismYou could also refer to the specific organism - animal, plant or bacteria."animate thing"
The term is used to refer to an individual living thing?
An organism.
What term to defined as the role an organism plays within a community?
The term niche is used to define the role an organism plays within a community.
What are the Name of object which rust?
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What term is used for an organism that has a paticular gene but does not show its effects?
Carrier
What is the term used for describing things that are living?
organism is another term for a living thing.an organismorganismorganismanimate, alive, mortal, not dead, organismYou could also refer to the specific organism - animal, plant or bacteria."animate thing"
The term is used to refer to an individual living thing?
An organism.
What is the term used for the set of numbers that are not perfect squares?
There is no specific name.
What term to defined as the role an organism plays within a community?
The term niche is used to define the role an organism plays within a community.
What is another term used for specific heat is?
Another term used for specific heat is temperature.
What are the Name of object which rust?
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What is the meaning of fizza?
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Why do you use the genus name and species name to make the scientific name?
This is the system of binomial nomenclature introduced by Linnaeus. Here the two terms used are the species name and genus name. While the genus name refers to the group in which the organism is present, the species name is unique for the specific organism.
What term literally means group name and is used to describe the way various group of organism are named in a classification scheme?
taxonomy
What term literally mean group name and is used to describe the way various groups of organism are named in a classification scheme?
taxonomy
What ways are they different plants and animals?
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What two steps in the classification system are used in the 'scientific name' of an organism?
A scientific name consists of a genus and a specific epithet, meaning the organisms genus and species classification.
