Scientist Georges Cuvier Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Thomas Malthus James Hutton Eras

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Scientist Georges Cuvier Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. Thomas Malthus James Hutton Erasmus Darwin Georges-Louis Leclerc Reset Cures Idea Theory Name The Earth today is shaped by the same slow natural processes that shaped it in the past. A new assembly of species moves into an area after mass Physical changes that are acquired by an organism during its lifetime are passed on to its offspring. Catastrophism The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics Uniformitarianism Descent with Modification The human population is growing at an xponental rate, but limited food, water and shelter keep this growth in check. organisms change over time due to environmental influences, migration, and geographic isolation Species change over time

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1. Georges cuvier : He states the theory of Catastrophism.(number 4 in the question)In his assay on the theory of Earth, he proposed that new speies were created after periodic catastrophic floods.He influenced catastrophism in geogology in the 19th century.

2.Jean Baptiste de Lamarck: He proposed that Species chage over time.(number 10 i the question)He first made advance towards the moder evolutioary theory ad he was the first to propose a mechanism by which the gradual changes of species might take place.

3.Thomas Malthus: He wrote an essay o the principle of population, which states how unchecked population growth is exponential while the growth of the food supply was expected to be Arthimetical.He believed that there were two types of checks, one being the Preventive checks(Abstinence, Delayed marriage ,poverty) and other being the positive checks(premature death, disease, starvation).so the option would be (8).

4.Erasmus Darwin:he proposed the theory of Survival of the fittest and the struggle for existence. He explained in his writings that physical changes that are aquired by a organism durig its life time are passed on to its next generation or offsprig.So the answer would be (3)

5..Georges louis leclerc: He believed that living thigs do change with time and the chage might be due to environmental influence,migration and geographical isolation.He proposed a theory called Buffons theory.so the aswer would be (9)

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