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Use an example to explain why the common names of organisms are sometimes confusing. How can using scientific names help avoid confusion?

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They are sometimes confusing because they use different key words to make the confusing words.
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The sane organism may have differnt common names id different areas for example the same animal may be called a woodchuck , groundhog an organism has only one scientific name though so all scientists will use the same name for it
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