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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.
The term vulgaris refers to what organism's?
The term vulgaris usually refers to the common or widespread species of a particular organism, often used in scientific classification. For example, Escherichia coli commonly has the term "vulgaris" attached to its 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.
Another name for a living thing?
Organism is another term used to refer to a living thing.
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.
The term vulgaris refers to what organism's?
The term vulgaris usually refers to the common or widespread species of a particular organism, often used in scientific classification. For example, Escherichia coli commonly has the term "vulgaris" attached to its name.
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 two names do we used to identify a specific organism?
Binomial nomenclature is used to identify a specific organism, consisting of the genus and species names.
Another name for a living thing?
Organism is another term used to refer to a living thing.
What is the Multicellular scientific name?
The term "multicellular" is a descriptive term used to refer to organisms composed of more than one cell. It is not a scientific name but rather a general classification based on the structure of the organism.
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 term literally means group name and is used to describe the way various group of organism are named in a classification scheme?
taxonomy
What is another term used for specific heat is?
Another term used for specific heat is temperature.
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.
