Multiple choice

Which of the following is true about binomial nomenclature?

  1. One scientific name first consists of a specific and then a generic epithet.

  2. Two names are there; one Latinized, the other of a person.

  3. Two names are there; one scientific, the other local.

  4. One name is given by two scientists.

  5. One scientific name first consists of a generic and then a specific epithet.
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Explanation

One scientific name consists of a generic and a specific epithet. This is correct.

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