... organisms for species identification because it gives a universal name to an animal or plant and everyone in the world knows that is what someone else is talking about. Topic: 4 - Ecology and Evolution Sub-topic: 4.4 - Classification Page: 2 4.4.3 2 Outline the binomial system of nomenclature. Carolenus Linneaus is a scientist that is one of the people responsible for creating binomial nomenclature and its current uses and rules called taxonomy. Binomial nomenclature is a system of naming all animals and plants in a universal way with certain rules that are accepted internationally. It uses two names and the first one would be the genus and the first letter is always capitalized. The second name is the species and the first letter on this one is never capitalized. Also when written the name would be underlined, but when typed the name is italicized for emphasis. These two names give scientists around the world ...

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