Question

When assigning a scientific name to an organism,

O the species name is capitalized.

O the species name is placed first.

O the species name can be abbreviated.

O both genus and species names are capitalized.

o both genus and species names are italicized or underlined.

Answer 1

When assigning a scientific name, all expect option 4 can be considered.

A scientific name consists of a species name and a genus name.Species name comes first and first letter should be capitalised. On writing, both species and genus names should be underlined and italicized on typing. BOTH the names Never can be capitalised.