Two scientist want to compare their research of fireflies. Which information must the two scientists provide to each other to determine if they studied the same type of fireflies?
Size of the firefly populations
Type of habitat in which the fireflies live
Color of light produced by the fireflies
Species name of the fireflies studied
The gray squirrel, Eastern fox squirrel, and red squirrel are all different species of squirrels. Why is having a scientific name for each species of an organism important?
To prevent exisiting named organisms from having their names changed as they become extinct.
To keep the classification system from being altered as new organisms are discovered.
To allow organisms to be placed in many classification levels at the same time.
To standardize the naming and organization of organisms to avoid confusion.
Organisms are classified today using the Linnaean system, an dthe following table shows the taxonomic classification of two marine organisms living along the Pacific Coast.
Taxonomic classification is important to marine biologists becuase it provides a way to -
prove that marine evolution occurs
discover and name ever marine organsism on Earth.
designate Latin as the universal language.
identify marine organisms and find evolutionary reltionships between them.
Scientists around the world use a standardized taxonomic system. Why would scientists want to use a taxonomic system that is standardized?
In order to avoid confusion with the identification of organisms.
Becuase Linnaeus estabilished the system.
So that Latin names can be applied for practical purpose.