Theories of diversity pt 2 901

The law of use and disuse was formulated by : ?

• Comte de Buffon

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Charles Bonnett

• Georges Cuvier

Which of the following statements explains the law of use and disuse?

• Body structures develop because of mutation.

• Body structures develop because they are not in use.

• Body structures develop because of competition.

• Body structures develop because they are used extensively.

How do fossils support evolution?

• The fossil record provides evidence that organisms have changed over time.

• Individual species disappear and reappear in the fossil record over time.

• The fossil record provides evidence that all organisms developed at the same time.

• Organisms in the fossil record are identical to living organisms.

Who said that geological forces acting today are the same ones that have been acting in the past?

• Lamarck
• Erasmus Darwin

• Hutton
• Ussher

Who said that the Earth was 4004 years old?

• James Ussher

• Charles Bonnet

• James Hutton

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Who proposed that fossils were the evidence for the infinite transformations of organisms?

• Georges Cuvier

• Charles Bonnet

• Comte de Buffon

• James Hutton

Who proposed the theory of catastrophism as an explanation for the fossil record?

• Georges Cuvier

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Comte de Buffon

• Erasmus Darwin

The following image describes:

• The continuous transformations of the giraffe,

• The law of use for the development of the giraffe's neck.

• Three different types of giraffes originated by preformism

• All are correct

Carl Linnaeus proposed that:

• It was necessary to create a system of natural classification for all beings

• Fossils of some organisms were related to simmilar present organisms

• All fossils were caused by catastrophes

• Organisms can change in response to their environment

Who proposed that organisms already pre-exist indefinitely, and do not change?

• Charles Bonnet

• Comte de Buffon

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• James Hutton