View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which island do humans not normally live?
(a) Genovesa.
(b) Santa Cruz.
(c) San Cristóbal.
(d) Floreana.

2. How many mating songs does each species of finch have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 7.

3. What book did Darwin call his "Big Book"?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) The Origin of Species.
(c) Galapagos.
(d) The Voyage of the Beagle.

4. What does the Difficilis on the Pinta eat?
(a) Grass seeds.
(b) Insects.
(c) Tribulus seeds.
(d) Seaweed.

5. Who gave the lecture "The Demonstrative Evidence of Evolution"?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Thomas Henry Huxley.
(c) David Lack.
(d) William Paley.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Rosemary relates, what sometimes causes a bamboo pole to become unexpectedly heavy as one carries it?

2. What is the name of the village on Santa Cruz?

3. Which year was the dry year that is discussed in Chapter 5?

4. In what year was the Charles Darwin Research Station founded?

5. In the dry year, how much bigger was the beak of a surviving finch than that of a dead finch?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 169 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample