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 >
Use common name whenever possible, all lower case except proper nouns. For example, hull rot disease of almonds, Pierceâs disease, red imported fire ant. If there is no common name, use the scientific name. Latin names should be italicized, first word capitalized, subsequent words lower case. For example, Prunus dulcis, Escherichia coli. Subsequent references, abbreviate the first word with one letter, P. dulcis, E. coli.