A Short History of Nearly Everything Quiz Questions | Quiz: Part 5, Chapter 22 to Part 6, Chapter 27

Quiz: Part 5, Chapter 22 to Part 6, Chapter 27

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Regarding species that have gone extinct, scientists generally:
a) Know exactly how species died.
b) Do not know what killed off species.
c) Blame the extinction on climate changes.
d) Attribute mass extinctions to volcanoes.

2. Who was Robert Fitzroy?
a) Captain of the HMS Beagle.
b) Head of the HMS Beagle Laboratory.
c) Darwin's first cousin and fellow naturalist.
d) Darwin's theology professor.

3. Before Charles Darwin wrote his famous book about natural selection, he spent eight years writing about what?
a) Barnacles.
b) Spiders.
c) Grass types.
d) Mountains.

4. Ice ages are caused by:
a) Lunar eclipses.
b) Unusually cool summers.
c) Solar eclipses.
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