Question

Which of the following persons is incorrectly matched with a term or idea?

Options

• Plato-essentialism

• Linnaeus-use-and-disuse

• Malthus-overpopulation

• Lyell-uniformitarianism

Answer 1

Linnaeus-use-and-disuse

Explanation:

• Plato is correctly matched with essentialism, the idea that every species has an ideal “essential” form.
• Linnaeus is famous for developing the system of binomial nomenclature and classifying organisms, but he did not propose the use-and-disuse theory; this idea is attributed to Lamarck.
• Malthus is correctly matched with overpopulation, as he wrote about population growth and resource limitations influencing survival.
• Lyell is correctly matched with uniformitarianism, the principle that geological processes occur slowly and steadily over time.