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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many species of Ground finch are there in the Galapagos?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Six.

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

3. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 7.
(d) 15.

4. What was the name of the captain of Darwin's ship?
(a) McCoy.
(b) FitzWilliam.
(c) Dickens.
(d) FitzRoy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have the Grants been conducting research on this island?

2. What color is the beak of a finch that is about to mate?

3. How old are the oldest finches on the island?

4. How long did Darwin study barnacles?

5. How many populations of finches did the Grants study during their first year in the Galapagos?

(see the answer key)

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