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Write and read two-part scientific names and say what each part of the name tells you.
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Linnaeus gave every species a two-part name. What does the first part carry that the second part does not?
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The American lobster is Homarus americanus and the American black bear is Ursus americanus. A student says the shared word americanus shows the two are closely related. Is that reasoning sound?
The gray wolf is Canis lupus, the coyote is Canis latrans and the red fox is Vulpes vulpes. What do these names let you conclude?
The potato is Solanum tuberosum and the tomato is Solanum lycopersicum. The two plants are eaten in completely different ways and look nothing alike. What does the shared word Solanum tell a biologist?
A student claims that Panthera leo and Panthera pardus must be less closely related than Panthera leo and Lynx rufus, because a lion and a leopard look so different from each other. What is wrong with that claim?
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In North America a large thrush called a robin has the scientific name Turdus migratorius. In Britain a much smaller, unrelated bird is also called a robin; its scientific name is Erithacus rubecula. What problem does scientific naming solve here?
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Before Linnaeus, naturalists identified a species with a long descriptive Latin phrase, and different naturalists wrote the phrase differently. What did the two-word system Linnaeus popularized add?
A fisheries report tracks catches of a fish it calls only "sea bass." Several different species are sold in the United States under that name. Why does the report need scientific names?
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