Question

he table shows the scientific names and the common names of four plants. Which word in their names shows that two of the plants share the greatest number of features?


1 marsh
2 palustris
3 Viola
4 violet

Answer 1

Viola is the word that shows that two of the plants share the greatest number of features

Explanation:

• A scientific name comprises of two words, the first one being the genus name and the second one being the species name.
• The genus name is same for the organisms which have the most similarities.
• Ad we can see in the table, the marsh violet and wild pansy, have the same genus name which is viola hence we know that these two species are very much alike than the others in the list.