Module 7

Question 1

Learning objective 7.1

Who was Carl Linnaeus and what did he do?

Answer 1

• late 18th century, Swedish natualis
• introduced a new system for naming organisms

Question 2

Learning objective 7.1

Define taxonomy

Answer 2

science of naming and organizing organisms into related groups

Question 3

Learning objective 7.1

Describe the binomial name of a speices

two parts and how it is written?

Answer 3

• Genus names (generic name)
• Specific epithet
  genus shows relativeness
  epithet can vary despite relative closeness
  always written in italics