Georges Cuvier and His Fellow Catastrophists Believed That

Georges Cuvier and his fellow catastrophists believed that

A) species were fixed although they did change through time in response to catastrophes that occur.
B) when species became extinct to a local catastrophe, organisms from surrounding areas moved in to repopulate the area.
C) fossil strata showing change through time was explained by evolution.
D) species were not fixed and that they adapted in response to catastrophes that occur.
E) catastrophes could not explain the changes in species seen through the fossil strata.