The Beak of the Finch Test | Final Test - Medium

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 Test | Final Test - Medium

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 test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Darwin find the finch Magnirostris magnirostris?
(a) Genovesa.
(b) San Cristóbal.
(c) Santa Cruz.
(d) Floreana.

3. Which Babylonian king "saw the writing on the wall"?
(a) Nebuchadnezzar.
(b) Xerxes.
(c) Belshazzar.
(d) Cyrus.

4. How many species of Cichlid live in Lake Victoria?
(a) 500.
(b) 15.
(c) 200.
(d) 56.

5. What part of the human is comparable to the finch's beak, according to Weiner?
(a) The eye.
(b) The hand.
(c) The mind.
(d) The digestive tract.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does an old woman in Puerto Ayora eat to avenge herself against the finches?

2. Who is studying the Sticklebacks?

3. What does the Latin word "reticulum" mean?

4. What is the name of the Charles Darwin Research Station's journal?

5. Where did Darwin pick up the second volume of Principles of Geology?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the finch's songs? Explain in detail.

2. What significance did Hermon Carey Bumpus discover in the sparrows' deaths? What significance did Peter Grant see?

3. Why do plants hybridize rather readily?

4. Describe the two shorelines that Weiner discusses in Chapter 11.

5. Explain the Drosophila experiment and its significance.

6. Describe the act of "speciation" in the haw flies.

7. What is the significance of Darwin's spelling errors for modern science?

8. Describe what Martin Taylor does with the moth samples he receives.

9. Describe the place in which the Grants keep finch blood samples.

10. Explain how ocean currents affect the Galapagos Islands.

(see the answer keys)

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