CCHS19q Biology Before Darwin

What was the main focus of Joannes Baptista van Helmont's famous experiment?

• To test if plants grow by eating soil

• To prove that plants grow by absorbing sunlight

• To demonstrate that plants grow by consuming air

• To show that plants grow by absorbing nutrients from other plants

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Who was known as the leading entomologist of the seventeenth century?

• Maria Sibylla Merian

• Carl Linnaeus

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

• Georges Cuvier

What system did Carl Linnaeus introduce that is still used today?

• The periodic table

• The binomial nomenclature system

• The classification of minerals

• The theory of evolution

What was the main idea behind Lamarck's theory of transformisme?

• Species are fixed and unchanging

• Species evolve through natural selection

• Species change over time due to acquired traits

• Species are created through divine intervention

What did Georges Cuvier contribute to the study of natural history?

• The concept of evolution

• The idea of catastrophism

• The binomial nomenclature system

• The theory of acquired traits

What was the main question that natural historians in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries tried to answer?

• What is the origin of the universe?

• What is life?

• How do planets move?

• What causes diseases?

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What did Maria Sibylla Merian study during her travels to Suriname?

• Marine life

• Tropical insects

• Rare plants

• Exotic birds

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What was the 'Great Chain of Being' used to understand?

• The hierarchy of living organisms

• The structure of the solar system

• The classification of minerals

• The evolution of species

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What did Cuvier believe about species and their environments?

• Species are created through random mutations

• Species evolve to adapt to their environments

• Species are constantly changing

• Species are perfectly adapted to their environments

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What was the main contribution of Sir Joseph Banks to natural history?

• Classifying plants using the Linnaean system

• Developing the theory of evolution

• Introducing the concept of acquired traits

• Proposing the idea of catastrophism