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100

The place Georges Cuvier was born

What is Montbéliard, France?

100

The concept Cuvier studied regarding unpredictable events

What is catastrophism?

100

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?

100

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?

100

The place where Cuvier is one of seventy-two names engraved

What is the Eiffel Tower?

200

The tutor for Cuvier when he was younger

Who was Cuvier's Mother?

200

True or False: Cuvier agreed with Darwin's theory of Evolution

What is FALSE?

200

The idea that periodically the Earth went through sudden changes, each of which could wipe out a number of species

What is extinction?

200

One career that is involved with extinction

Conservation officer, Wildlife rehabilitator, Advocate or administrator for wildlife conservation, Wildlife photographer. 

200

Cuvier was one of the first to propose that early earth was not mostly inhabited by

What are reptiles?

300

The subject Cuvier studied in school

What is Comparative Anatomy?

300

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”?

300

The scientific discipline Cuvier discovered 

What is paleontology?

300

Medical professions that Cuvier's research helped develope

What are Clinical Research Coordinators, and Medical Scientists

300

The name he was known as (relating to his discoveries)

Who was "The Father of Paleontology"?

400

The person who invited Cuvier to an expedition early in his career

Who was Napoleon?

400

Cuvier's idea relating to function and form - difficult

What is function determining form, form does not determine function?

400

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?

400

Name at least ONE possible career from paleontology. 

What is a Vertebrate Paleontologist, Professor/Teacher, Research Specialist, Museum Research and Collections Manager, Prospector Paleontologist. 

400

The religious society Cuvier helped found

What is the Parisian Biblical Society?

500

The two sciences that Cuvier established

 What is comparative anatomy and paleontology?

500

List the names of the embranchements (partial credit given)

What are Vertebrates, Mollusks, Articulates, and Radiates?

500

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?

500

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?

500

Cuvier was placed by Napoleon on 

What was the council of the Imperial University?