TREE IDENTIFICATION
IDENTIFICATION KEYS
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Question
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When writing the scientific name of an organism you capitalize the first letter of the Genus.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The genus name is always capitalized and is written first; the specific epithet follows the genus name and is not capitalized. There is no exception to this.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first letter of the first word (the generic name) is always capitalized.
Detailed explanation-3: -A genus can have many species but the species name is very specific and cannot be used for different types of organisms. The name of the genus begins with capital letters whereas the name of species begins with small letters and both of them are written in italics.
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