Y6 Spring 2 vocabulary

The famous naturalist we are going to be studying after half term was called ...

• Ernest Shackleton.

• Charles Windsor.

• Charles Durrell.

• Charles Darwin.

A naturalist is someone who ...

• enjoys being in nature.

• likes everything to be naturally sourced and eco-friendly.

• is an expert (or studies) natural history.

• likes animals.

He had an amazing voyage of discovery on board a ship called ...

• HMS Beegle.

• HMS Beadle.

• HMS Beadle.

• HSM Beagle.

The journey took five years and he travelled around the world. This is called ...

• circular-navigation.

• circumnavigation.

• circumference.

• circling.

He is best known for his "Theory of Evolution". The term "evolution" means ...

• the method of how different kinds of living things are believed to have developed from earlier forms, over many, many years.

• how animals were created - at the start of the world.

• how things get better over time, because of the development of science.

• how things evolve.

A "biome" (by-ome) is defined as a large area characterized by its vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife.  Which of the following is not a biome?

• Desert.

• A field.

• Rainforest.

• Coral reef.

Charles was born a long time ago, in the ______ century.

• 19th

• 20th

• 18th

• 21st

Whilst studying at university, as a young man, he spent much of his time collecting beetles. Studying animals is part of the Scientific subject known as ...

• chemistry.

• nature.

• biology.

• physics.