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Charles Darwin’s early life

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was he born?

a)

Shewsbury

b)

Nottingham

c)

London

d)

Manchester

2.

What was his fathers job?

a)

Painter

b)

Sailor

c)

Doctor

d)

Teacher

3.

How old was Charles when his mother died?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

9

d)

7

4.

Who raised him after his mother died?

a)

His grandparents

b)

An uncle

c)

His sisters

d)

A family friend

5.

Which university did he go to in 1825?

a)

London

b)

Liverpool

c)

Bristol

d)

Edinburgh

6.

What did he study at Edinburgh University?

a)

Medicine

b)

Law

c)

Science

d)

Botany

7.

Why did he not like studying medicine?

a)

He was bored

b)

He hated the sight of blood

c)

He wanted to be a painter

8.

In 1827 he went to Cambridge University to study what?

a)

Art

b)

Science

c)

Plants

d)

The church

9.

Whilst at Cambridge he spent a lot of his time collecting and studying what type of creature?

a)

Ants

b)

Fish

c)

Worms

d)

Beetles

10.

At Cambridge university he quit wanting to be a minister in the church and studied plants instead. What is the studying of plants called?

a)

Plantology

b)

Biology

c)

Botany

11.

He finally finished Cambridge University in what year?

a)

1831

b)

1830

c)

1832

d)

1829