Question

The coiner of the word “aquarium,” Philip Henry Gosse, asserted that these objects would exist from the moment of creation in his Omphalos hypothesis. For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this term for the preserved remnants of ancient organisms. Mary Anning found many of these specimens in the cliffs of Lyme Regis, including coprolites and plesiosaurs.
ANSWER: fossils
[10h] Georges Cuvier proposed this theory to explain the fossil record in the 19th century. Charles Lyell’s uniformitarianism replaced this theory, which held that change resulted from climactic events like the biblical flood.
ANSWER: catastrophism [accept catastrophists]
[10m] Lyell’s theory of gradual change inspired both Darwin and this author of Social Statics. This inventor of the paperclip is now infamous for applying the “survival of the fittest” to human societies.
ANSWER: Herbert Spencer
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2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y130.00100%100%100%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y615.00100%50%0%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y917.7889%56%33%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y717.14100%43%29%
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y816.25100%25%38%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y320.00100%67%33%
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y514.00100%40%0%

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Auburn AGeorgia Tech B10101030