The Beak of the Finch Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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 | Eight Week Quiz D

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 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the instrument the Grants use to measure the hardness of the seeds the finches eat?
(a) The McGill barometer.
(b) The McGill nutcracker.
(c) Sphygmomanometer.
(d) The Princeton omni-tool.

2. In what year did the Grants' team first notice the finches' hybrid breeding?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1961.

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 Grossbeak.
(d) The Flamingo.

4. Approximately how many species of plants exist in the Galapagos?
(a) 50.
(b) 700.
(c) 12.
(d) 2000.

5. Who is quoted in the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) John Donne.
(c) Joseph Hooker.
(d) Thomas Henry Huxley.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What plants did the Grants find growing on Nuñez?

4. To which of the researchers' objects are finches always attracted?

5. Where did Rosemary spend her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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