Biography
The place Georges Cuvier was born
What is Montbéliard, France?
The concept Cuvier studied regarding unpredictable events
What is catastrophism?
One of the overall most important contributions to science was that was used for further research (Scientists such as Darwin)
What was Cuvier’s large body of work/research?
True or False: Cuvier was not the first to make major breakthroughs in Paleontology and lead to the jobs we have today?
What is False?
The place where Cuvier is one of seventy-two names engraved
What is the Eiffel Tower?
The tutor for Cuvier when he was younger
Who was Cuvier's Mother?
True or False: Cuvier agreed with Darwin's theory of Evolution
What is FALSE?
The idea that periodically the Earth went through sudden changes, each of which could wipe out a number of species
What is extinction?
One career that is involved with extinction
Conservation officer, Wildlife rehabilitator, Advocate or administrator for wildlife conservation, Wildlife photographer.
Cuvier was one of the first to propose that early earth was not mostly inhabited by
What are reptiles?
The subject Cuvier studied in school
What is Comparative Anatomy?
Cuvier's principle regarding the functional and structural characteristics of organs in organisms result from their interaction with their environments
What is the “correlation of parts”?
The scientific discipline Cuvier discovered
What is paleontology?
Medical professions that Cuvier's research helped develope
What are Clinical Research Coordinators, and Medical Scientists
The name he was known as (relating to his discoveries)
Who was "The Father of Paleontology"?
The person who invited Cuvier to an expedition early in his career
Who was Napoleon?
Cuvier's idea relating to function and form - difficult
What is function determining form, form does not determine function?
Cuvier's uncanny ability to reconstruct animals from only fragments of fossil remains and documenting the structure of animals helps him create a large body of research for the future in this field
What is Comparative Anatomy?
Name at least ONE possible career from paleontology.
What is a Vertebrate Paleontologist, Professor/Teacher, Research Specialist, Museum Research and Collections Manager, Prospector Paleontologist.
The religious society Cuvier helped found
What is the Parisian Biblical Society?
The two sciences that Cuvier established
What is comparative anatomy and paleontology?
List the names of the embranchements (partial credit given)
What are Vertebrates, Mollusks, Articulates, and Radiates?
Cuvier's most admired work where Cuvier presented the results of his life's research into the structure of living and fossil animals
What is Le Règne Animal?
Fields relating to anatomy that Cuvier's research helped develop
What are Biological Science Teachers, Clinical Research Coordinators, Medical Scientists, Molecular and Cellular Biologists, Natural Sciences Managers?
Cuvier was placed by Napoleon on
What was the council of the Imperial University?