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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Weiner, the woodpecker's beak is similar to what tool?
(a) Shovel.
(b) Awl.
(c) Chisel.
(d) Pickaxe.
2. What type of bird did Darwin breed back home in England?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Mockingbirds.
(c) Swallows.
(d) Sparrows.
3. As Chapter 5 ends, Weiner mentions which food that Darwin ate in the Galapagos?
(a) Fish.
(b) Berries.
(c) Greens.
(d) Tortoise.
4. Approximately how many species of plants exist in the Galapagos?
(a) 2000.
(b) 50.
(c) 12.
(d) 700.
5. On which island in the Galapagos archipelago did Darwin land first?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Isabel.
(c) San Cristóbal.
(d) Genovesa.
Short Answer Questions
1. From what bird do the vampire finches drink blood?
2. What is the name of the instrument the Grants use to measure the hardness of the seeds the finches eat?
3. How many species of finch live in the Galapagos Islands?
4. Which biologist thought of Darwin's finches as "not separate species at all, but 'hybrid swarms'"?
5. How many times did Number 3425 breed in 1983?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Darwin react to the finches while he was in the Galapagos and later while he was in England?
2. Explain Darwin's "eureka" from Chapter 10.
3. Explain the significance of black and brown feathers in finch males, as discussed in Chapter 6.
4. Explain El Niño and how it affects the Galapagos Islands.
5. Which Fortis finches survived the drought of 1977, and why?
6. Why did Trevor Price wait so impatiently for rain, and how did he respond when it continued not to come?
7. Describe the scope and methods of Trevor Price's observation of the finches.
8. Describe the view from the peak of Daphne Major.
9. Summarize the arguments of some of the biologists' early opposition to the theory of evolution.
10. How do various species get from island to island in the Galapagos? Remember to include examples of both plants and animals.
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