unit 7 scientists

Question 1

Georges- Louis LeClerc

Answer 1

(1707-1788) first person to challenge that life forms are unchanging and noted similarities between humans and apes and speculated that they have a common ancestor

Question 2

Georges Cuvier

Answer 2

(1769-1832) credited with developing science of palentology; catastrophism

Question 3

Charles Lyell

Answer 3

(1830) proposed the idea of uniformitarianism; rejected cuviers theory of catastrophism

Question 4

Jean-Baptiste Lamarack

Answer 4

(1744-1829) first biologist to recognize the key role the environment played in evolution  reasoned that for
species to survive, they must adapt to changing environment. inheritance of acquired traits; disproven by Weisman

Question 5

Charles Darwin

Answer 5

(1809-1882) theory of evolution by natural selection

Question 6

James Hutton

Answer 6

(1795) Stated the geological formation of landforms are the result of slow processes, where ongoing (erosion)

Question 7

August Weisman

Answer 7

Showed that it is only material in a sperm and egg that pass on to the next generation when cutting off mice tails and the next generation having tails