Select the Most Appropriate Choice for Each Person

question 7

Multiple Choice

Select the most appropriate choice for each person.
-Aristotle

• A)a proponent of uniformitarianism
• 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 onto 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; formed early ideas of the great chain of being

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