Question

A young child classifies animals into 26 groups according to the alphabet. For example, the first group of animals in this scheme includes ants, antelope, apes, and other animals that have common English names beginning with the letter A.
How do the taxa that scientists use to classify animals differ from the child's classification scheme?

A. Taxa are based on Latin, not English.
B. Taxa are based on biological relationships, not language.
C. Every taxon contains exactly the same number of members.
D. Every taxon contains a wide variety of organisms, not just animals.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Taxa are based on Latin, not English.

Explanation:

In the classification of organism, the child choose English as primary language but scientists uses Latin language as a primary language for their taxa.

Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus, initiated the classification of organism and he choose Latin names for different taxa such as phyla and species because Latin was a universal scholarly language in Europe.

So, till now scientists uses Latin language for the naming of organisms and the child uses English language.

Hence, the correct answer is A. Taxa are based on Latin, not English.