Question

scientific names are used to ______.
a. increase the number of names of plants
b. avoid confusion concerning the names of plants
c. show the chemical makeup of plants
d. all of the above

Explanation:

Scientific names in biology (a subfield of Natural Science) are used to avoid confusion from common name variations (option b), not to increase name count (a is wrong) or show chemical makeup (c is wrong). So the correct answer is based on the purpose of binomial nomenclature in biology.

Answer:

b. avoid confusion concerning the names of plants