Problems in using common names to universally identify living things include:

names mean different things to different people.

foreign names may not be understood.

many names may exist for the same organism.

there may be no common name for an organism.

common names lack sufficient precision.

enough common names are not available to name every living thing.

multiple choice.

Which of the following statements is a scientific claim? a. the early solar system had large amounts of water; so, the oldest objects in the solar system should also be abundant in water. b. earth is shaped like a sphere even if not all of the scientific observations related to its shape support this idea. c. the mass of the universe is much greater than current models predict; it is not possible to explain this inconsistency. d. planet earth is abundant in water, but there is no way to scientifically determine from where earth's water originated.