Matching I. Select the most appropriate choice for

each person.
1. ___ Aristotle
2. ___ Cuvier
3. ___ Darwin
4. ___ Lamarck
5. ___ Lyell
6. ___ Malthus
A. wrote Principles of Geology
B. developed the theory of catastrophism
C. believed that giraffes have long necks
because their short-necked ancestors
stretched their necks and passed this
change on to their offspring
D. was a naturalist who sailed on the Beagle
and studied finches
E. wrote an essay relating population size to
competition for limited resources
F. natural historian and author; early ideas of
Chain of Being


Answers: 1. F, 2. B, 3. D, 4. C, 5. A, 6. E

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