Within three months of the Chernobyl accident, a total of 31 people died from radiation exposure or other direct effects of the disaster, according to the NRC, UNSCEAR and other sources.
Why do scientists use scientific names for organisms? A: Scientific names are used to help classify and record the vast array of living and extinct organisms. These names allow the scientific community to have a ... Full Answer >
The form of scientific names for organisms that is called binomial nomenclature is superficially similar to the noun-adjective form of vernacular names or common names which were used by prehistoric cultures. A collective name such as owl was made more precise by the addition of an adjective such as screech.