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What language did all scientific names come from?

Well, scientific names come from Latin. Latin is an ancient language that scientists use to give organisms unique names based on their characteristics. It's like giving each plant and animal a special name that scientists all around the world can understand and use.


Linnaeus's system gave how many names to each organism?

Linnaeus's system gave two names to each organism: a genus name followed by a species name. This naming system is known as binomial nomenclature.


Why are most scientific names in greek or latin?

because Latin and Greek use one word to describe something, and when translated to English, it is more that one word. example: Bi(Latin) means 2 kinds, or two of something. and nobody wants to say 'more than one language', why not just say 'bilateral'. that's why.


Scientific names of farm animals?

you cannot give a scientific name like that. it depends that of which animal you are talking about. they can be vertebrates or invertebrates, they can be mammals or amphibians so after knowing this we can give them scientific names.


Why do you need nomenclature?

THERE ARE THREE REASONS FOR GIVING SCIENTIFIC NAMES TO THE ORGANISMS.1. Different names for the same organismDiffernet people gave different names to the same organism in the past.There were no system of giving the names to the organisms.DifferentReigons had different names of the same organism.For example:Ø Piyaz is name of Onion in URDU.It had different reignol names in Pakistan likeGanda.bassal and vassal.Ø Different countries have different names for the same plant.For example: amaltas, argvad, gurmala, golden shower and purging cassia are different common names of the same plant.2. Same name for different organismIn some cases, a single name is given to several different plants and animals.For example:Ø Dozen of plants with bell shaped flowers are named blue bell.Ø The name Black bird is given to the crow and raven.3. Common name without scientific basisØ Common names has no scientific basis. Fish is a vertebrate animal. It has bones, gills and fins. Silver fish, cray fish, jellyt fish and star fish do not have these characters. So they cannot be placed in fishes.

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What language did carl linnaeus use to name plants and animals?

Carl Von Linne gave plants and animals Latin names because her father told her too. He would say words in Latin.


How did carlos linneaus contribute to the classicification system?

he invented the system in which he separated animals and plants and gave them latin names


Who gave the four clouds their Latin names?

Luke Howard Cumulus


Who gave the four groups of clouds their Latin names?

Luke Howard Cumulus


Who came up with names for animals?

Well, i believe God gave Adam the names for the animals. The biblical and scientific answers to this question are the same: man gave names to all the animals. To be specific, the bible says Adam named all the animals (Genesis 2:20). Science tell us that, over time, as humans encountered different animals, they gave them names so as to identify them to each other.


What did Adam do before god gave him eve?

He watched the animals in order to name them. Jesus gave all the animals their names.


Does Nike have a roman name?

Yes, of course. The Romans gave them latin names... Nike is called Victoria.


How did carolus linnaeus impact society?

The classification system for life he created was revolutionary because it gave a universal means of identifying animals through precise characteristics, using Latin as the language for the scientific name since any educated European of his time knew Latin and the classics, and organized animals and plants into categories that we still use today.


Who gave lions their name?

Romans and Greeks gave many animals their names. The Romans called them Leo and the Greeks leon


Who named the Alligators?

According to Bob Dylan, "Man gave names to all the Animals".


What was the chemical cycle on the prairie like?

The animals die and the chemical goes into the soil for the plants and when the animals eat the plants the chemicals are passed back to the plants.


What is the Latin word for gave?

tribae or tribeo is latin 4 gave