Charles Darwin

What hobby influenced Darwin's study of the natural world?

• sailing ships

• counting bees in a colony

• attending botany lectured

• collecting belts

How many years did the HMS Beagle sail for?

• five years

• ten years

• three years

• one year

What is adaption as it related to natural selection?

• an attribute of an animal that causes that animal to die

• a geological feature Darwin discovered on his scientific expedition

• a behavior or trait that enables a species to survive in his or her environment

• a theory based on the premise that animals mutate

What career did Darwin initially want to pursue?

• medicine

• clergy/church

• philosophy

• botany

What is a naturalist?

• a scientist who specializes in the study of life forms that existed in previous geologic periods, as represented by their fossils

• a scientist who studies the universe and its origin and development

• an expert in or student of natural history

• an expert in or student of the branch of science concerning living organisms

How old was Darwin when he set sail on the HMS Beagle?

• 22

• 32

• 18

• 21

Why didn't Darwin publish his findings straight away?

• books didn't exist

• more study was required to justify Darwin's claims

• he did at a young age

• it was radical to think that species varied due to natural causes rather than god