Biology 2010 Student Edition

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 9780133669510
ISBN 13: 978-0-13366-951-0

Chapter 18, Classification - Assessment - 18.1 Finding Order in Diversity - Understand Key Concepts/Think Critically - Page 532: 6

Answer

There needs to be a systematic way of naming organisms that is accepted by the entire scientific world. This is why scientific names are used. If the scientific community were to use common names for organisms, there would be much ambiguity because common names may vary from region to region.

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There needs to be a systematic way of naming organisms that is accepted by the entire scientific world. This is why scientific names are used. If the scientific community were to use common names for organisms, there would be much ambiguity because common names may vary from region to region.
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