Which of the following is not true pertaining to the use of scientific names instead of common names?

a. common names may include different sets of organisms.


b. scientific names can be known and recognized by all scientists throughout the world.


c. to recognize an organism in the literature by its common name, a scientists would have to know all languages.


d. the scientific names begins to tie the organism into related groups.


e. the common names clearly identifies an organism as unique.

Which of the following is not true pertaining to the use of scientific names instead of common names?
E
Reply:A - true. A lady bug in the USA is the same as a ladybird in the UK. A robin in the UK is a different bird from the robin in the USA. The term 'fir tree' is applied to many different families of conifers





B - true. Turdus vulgaris will be recognised as the same bird wherever it occurs in the world. (called the blackbird in the UK)





C - true. Many English speaking countries use different names for the same organism and the same organism will have as many different names as there are languages in the countries where it occurs.





D - true. Similar organisms belong to similar genuses or families so it is possible to see the relationship between plants by a similarity in bi-nomial name.





E - untrue. There are many organisms that have a whole range of names. And there are names like (see above) 'robin' where the organism varies between countries.
Reply:E