HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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it is used by inventors to name new products
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it is used by scientists to name plants and animals
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it is used by librarians to keep track of books
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it is used by city planners to name new towns
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1750s, Carl Linnaeus developed the system of binomial nomenclature (a two-part naming system) that we use today to name and classify living things.
Detailed explanation-2: -Latin was used as the language for scientific names because it is considered a “dead” language. This means no new words or slang are created or changed through the years. Once you know a little Latin, plant names can tell you a great deal about the plants themselves.
Detailed explanation-3: -The binomial name consists of a genus name and specific epithet. The scientific names of species are italicized. 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-4: -Such a name is called a binomial name (which may be shortened to just “binomial"), a binomen, binominal name or a scientific name; more informally it is also historically called a Latin name.