20 Questions
According to Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, what did he focus biologists' attention on?
The great diversity of organisms
How did Darwin define evolution in his book?
Descent with modification
What did Darwin's revolutionary ideas challenge?
The traditional views of a young Earth with unchanging species
What did Aristotle believe about species?
They were fixed and arranged on a scala naturae
What did the Old Testament claim about species?
They were individually designed by God and therefore perfect
When did Charles Darwin publish On the Origin of Species?
1859
How did Darwin describe the relationship between current species and ancestral species?
Current species are descendants of ancestral species
What did Darwin's revolutionary ideas mark the beginning of?
A new era of biology
How can evolution be defined?
As both a pattern and a process
Who viewed species as fixed and arranged on a scala naturae?
Aristotle
Who is considered the founder of taxonomy?
Carolus Linnaeus
What did Carolus Linnaeus develop for naming species?
The binomial format
What did Carolus Linnaeus attribute the resemblance among species to?
The pattern of creation
Who largely developed the study of fossils?
Georges Cuvier
What did Georges Cuvier speculate about the boundaries between strata?
They are caused by catastrophes
Who perceived that changes in Earth's surface can result from slow, continuous actions?
James Hutton
What did Charles Lyell propose about the mechanisms of change?
They are constant over time
What did the Darwinian revolution challenge?
The traditional views of a young Earth
What did the study of fossils help to lay the groundwork for?
Darwin's ideas
What did James Hutton and Charles Lyell's view strongly influence?
Darwin's thinking
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