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Lesson: Chapter 13 — The Living World

13.2. Naming living things 3 of 5

Question 3

What are the two words of a binomial name?

The right answer is the one marked above.

The generic name and the specific epithet. The first word is the generic name, the second the specific epithet.

The other three options are all levels of classification — they are not parts of the name. In Homo sapiens, Homo is the genus.

Answer the question to continue.