Charles Darwin and the Study of Nature

What did Charles Darwin study during his voyage on the HMS Beagle?

• Plants and animals

• Rocks formations

• Fossils

• All of the above

What is a naturalist?

• A person who studies the natural world

• A person who studies rocks formations

• A person who studies ancient organisms

• A person who studies the Galápagos Islands

What did Darwin observe on the Galápagos Islands?

• Plants and animals he had never seen before

• Fossil bones of animals that had died long ago

• Characteristics of organisms

• All of the above

What is a species?

• A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring

• A group of plants

• A group of rocks formations

• A group of ancient organisms

What are fossils?

• The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• The preserved remains or traces of plants

• The preserved remains or traces of rocks formations

• The preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms