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Binomial System of Classification

A system in which organisms are named by two names, helping to describe biological diversity and organize groups of organisms.

Lamarck's Idea

The incorrect belief that evolutionary changes occur during an organism's lifetime and are passed on to offspring.

Uniformitarianism

The concept that geologic changes (such as earthquakes and volcanoes) that occurred in the past also happen in the present.

Aristotle & Linnaeus

Contributors to the knowledge of diversity in the natural world and methods for classifying that diversity.

Lamarck's Idea 2

Emphasizes the significance of organic change and the environment in driving evolutionary changes.

Lyell's Idea

Proposed that the natural world has ancient origins.