EVERYDAY SCIENCE

SCIENCE

ZOOLOGY

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The science of naming and classifying organisms is called
A
Taxonomy
B
Classifying
C
Naming
D
Taxing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taxonomy is the science of naming, describing and classifying organisms and includes all plants, animals and microorganisms of the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -One branch of biology, called taxonomy, focuses on the classification of living things. Taxonomy is the study of relationships between living things and the formal classification of organisms into groups based upon those hypothesized relationships. Organisms are classified based upon their similarities and differences.

Detailed explanation-3: -Systematics: “The study of the identification, taxonomy, and nomenclature of organisms, including the classification of living things with regard to their natural relationships and the study of variation and the evolution of taxa".

Detailed explanation-4: -The term “taxonomy” was developed from two Greek words, “taxis, ” meaning arrangement, and “nomia, ” meaning distribution or method. In simple words, the definition of taxonomy is a branch of science that deals primarily with the description, identification, nomenclature, and classification of organisms.

Detailed explanation-5: -The naming of organisms in scientific terms is known as binomial nomenclature. In this system of nomenclature two terms are used to denote a species of living organism.

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