Lesson: Chapter 13 — The Living World

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Why are everyday names not enough for identifying living things?

A They are in Latin B They are hard to write C They change with language, country and region D They are very long

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They change with language, country and region. And the relationships between organisms do not emerge from them.

Being in Latin is a characteristic of scientific names, not everyday ones — that is the solution, not the problem.

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