In binomial nomenclature, what does the second name represent?
Answer: A
It represents the species.
The second word is the specific epithet, written in lower case, and it identifies the species within its genus. It is never used alone - sapiens means nothing without Homo.
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What is the Scientific name for sunflower?
Answer: B
It is Helianthus annuus.
Helianthus means sun flower in Greek and annuus annual. Young sunflower buds track the sun through the day, but the mature flower head stops moving and faces east.
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Cassia fistula is the scientific name of which plant?
Answer: D
It is the amaltas.
Cassia fistula is the golden shower tree, which hangs with long racemes of yellow flowers before the monsoon. It is the state flower of Kerala, where it is the kanikonna of Vishu.
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Considering binomial nomenclature, parts of scientific names are
Answer: C
They are the genus and species.
Linnaeus's system gives every organism a two-part Latin name: the genus capitalised, the specific epithet in lower case, both italicised - Homo sapiens, Panthera tigris. The genus is shared with close relatives; the pair together is unique.
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What is scientific name of "Potato"?
Answer: D
It is Solanum tuberosum.
The potato belongs to the nightshade genus, along with the tomato and the brinjal. Ananas sativus is pineapple, Raphanus sativus radish and Lactuca sativa lettuce.
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Scientific name for Eagle is .....
Answer: A
It is Aquila chrysaetos.
The golden eagle is one of the most widely distributed birds of prey in the northern hemisphere. Chrysaetos means golden eagle in Greek, from the colour of its nape feathers.
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What is the scientific name of the pineapple?
Answer: A
It is Ananas comosus.
Ananas comes from the Tupi word nanas, excellent fruit. The pineapple is not a single fruit but a syncarp, formed from the fused fruits of up to two hundred separate flowers.
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Scientific name for barley is.....
Answer: C
It is Hordeum vulgare.
Barley was among the first cereals domesticated in the Fertile Crescent, about 10,000 years ago, and is the most salt-tolerant of the major grains. Eleusine coracana is finger millet or ragi.
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Scientific name for a rabbit is?
Answer: A
It is Brachylagus idahoensis.
The pygmy rabbit of the American west is the smallest rabbit in North America and the only one there that digs its own burrow. The other options are a shrew, a bighorn sheep and a woodrat.
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What is scientific name of "Apple"?
Answer: A
It is Pyrus malus.
The apple is now usually placed in its own genus as Malus domestica, but the older name Pyrus malus - treating it as a pear - is still widely quoted. Raphanus sativus is radish, Solanum tuberosum potato and Capsicum frutescens chilli.
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