Question

describe briefly about Theory of catastrophism? according to class 12 th​

Answer 1

Answer:

Catastrophism, doctrine that explains the differences in fossil forms encountered in successive stratigraphic levels as being the product of repeated cataclysmic occurrences and repeated new creations. This doctrine generally is associated with the great French naturalist Baron Georges Cuvier (1769–1832).

Answer 2

Answer:

Theory of catastrophism :

Catastrophism is the theory that, in the past, the Earth has been affected by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope.

Aristotle postulated the theory of spontaneous generation.

This doctrine generally is associated with the great French naturalist Baron Georges Cuvier (1769–1832).