The Beak of the Finch Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Jonathan Weiner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Beak of the Finch Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Jonathan Weiner
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the researchers' objects are finches always attracted?
(a) The trash can.
(b) Boots.
(c) A bucket of water.
(d) Fans.

2. Who developed the "principle of divergence"?
(a) Trevor Price.
(b) David Lack.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Carolus Linnaeus.

3. As related at the end of Chapter 3, which person sustained an injury from the barnacles on Daphne Major?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Lisle Gibbs.
(c) Ian Abbott.
(d) Peter Grant.

4. Who helped Jamie Smith analyze his data on sparrows?
(a) Peter Boag.
(b) Dolph Schluter.
(c) Ian Abbott.
(d) Peter Grant.

5. In what year did the Grants first go to the Galapagos?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What caused the heavy rains in December 1982?

3. How many sparrows survived the first population crash that Jamie Smith studied?

4. Who argued against the principle of divergence using the phrase "the Ghost of Competition Past"?

5. How many times did the Croton trees bloom in the rains of 1982-83?

(see the answer key)

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