Plant Taxonomy

Scientific names are used to...

• show the chemical make-up of plants.
• avoid confusion concerning the names of plants.
• increase the number of names of plants.
• all of the above. 

Scientific names of plants are expressed in Latin because...

• it is a dead language.
• it is easy for all nationalities to pronounce.
• it is an international language and was used by the early scholars to express plant names.
• it is an easy language to learn. 

The name of the person who developed the binomial system for naming plants.

• Linnaeus
• Plato
• Socrates
• Mrs. H

Scientific names are composed of...

• Genus & Species
• Genus & Common Name
• Species & Common Name

Which name starts with a lower case letter?

• Common Name
• Genus
• Species

The Genus name Acer is for all...

• Oaks
• Pines
• Maples
• Begonias

The science of classifying and identifying organisms is:

• Science 
• Anatomy 
• Taxonomy