Question

the theory of ____ proposed that sudden and widespread disasters that result in mass extinctions followed by repopulation could explain why species change over time. multiple choice artificial selection natural selection catastrophism uniformitarianism

Explanation:

Catastrophism posits that sudden, widespread disasters causing mass - extinctions followed by repopulation can explain species change over time. Artificial selection is human - directed breeding, natural selection is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and reproduce, and uniformitarianism states that the same natural laws and processes that operate in the universe now have always operated in the same way.

Answer:

C. catastrophism