View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have the Grants been conducting research on this island?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 30 years.

2. Who named one finch species "Geospiza incerta," which, according to Weiner, means "ground finch, I guess"?
(a) John Gould.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Carolus Linnaeus.
(d) Peter Grant.

3. What was the name of the boat by which the Grants traveled from island to island, as mentioned in Chapter 8?
(a) The Sea Lion.
(b) The Enforcer.
(c) The Flamingo.
(d) The Grossbeak.

4. What organism did Darwin's colleague Joseph Hooker study?
(a) Sea cucumbers.
(b) Bracket fungi.
(c) Ferns.
(d) Seals.

5. Where do the Grants work in the United States?
(a) Yale University.
(b) NASA.
(c) The Ohio State University.
(d) Princeton University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which weed does Chapter 4 discuss in detail?

2. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?

3. Who created the concept of the "darwin"?

4. What animals did Darwin call "imps of darkness"?

5. What type of bird suffered on Genovesa during the rains of 1982-83?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 183 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample