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WorksheetsCharles Darwin’s early life
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Where was he born?
Shewsbury
Nottingham
London
Manchester
What was his fathers job?
Painter
Sailor
Doctor
Teacher
How old was Charles when his mother died?
6
8
9
7
Who raised him after his mother died?
His grandparents
An uncle
His sisters
A family friend
Which university did he go to in 1825?
London
Liverpool
Bristol
Edinburgh
What did he study at Edinburgh University?
Medicine
Law
Science
Botany
Why did he not like studying medicine?
He was bored
He hated the sight of blood
He wanted to be a painter
In 1827 he went to Cambridge University to study what?
Art
Science
Plants
The church
Whilst at Cambridge he spent a lot of his time collecting and studying what type of creature?
Ants
Fish
Worms
Beetles
At Cambridge university he quit wanting to be a minister in the church and studied plants instead. What is the studying of plants called?
Plantology
Biology
Botany
He finally finished Cambridge University in what year?
1831
1830
1832
1829
