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• A scientific name, ___________________ ____________________, is made up of two parts, the ___________ and the ______________.

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Answer:

First part is the generic name ; genus

Second part is the specific name,; epithet

Explanation:

There are different naming systems. However, the naming system above, whereby species of organisms or plants are given two names is called the binomial nomenclature (bi - means two). In this naming system, names are given based on two attributes;

The genus of the organism or plant and the specific name of the species within the genus

An example of scientific name include ;

'Amaranthus retroflexus' (Amaranthus - genus ; retroflexus - epithet).