Author Question: The view that the extinction and the subsequent appearance of more modern forms could be explained ... (Read 42 times)

ereecah · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

The view that the extinction and the subsequent appearance of more modern forms could be explained by a series of disasters and creations is known as

a. natural selection.
b. catastrophism.
c. use-disuse theory.
d. uniformitarianism.
e. descent with modification.

Question 2

The theory that characteristics acquired during the lifetime of an individual could be passed on to that individual's offspring is termed

a. natural selection.
b. catastrophism.
c. the inheritance of acquired characteristics.
d. uniformitarianism.
e. fixity of species.