Lesson 3: Darwin and his Finches

Question 1

what did Charles Darwin set sail on a journey to do?

Answer 1

• he was recommended as the voyage’s naturalist by his former professor, and went on the mission to survey and map the coastal waters of South America for the British navy

Question 2

what did darwin exactly do while he was travelling

Answer 2

he observed, recorded, and collected specimens of rocks, minerals, plants, and animals

Question 3

what did darwin find in the galapagos islands

Answer 3

• nesting blue-footed boobies that have no fear of humans
• iguanas that could dive underwater to eat seaweed
• giant land tortoise

Question 4

what did darwin learn as he collected specimens in this island?

Answer 4

he learnt that there were not variations of the same species but each were unique species
- most famous example of this observation was Darwin’s Finches

Question 5

what did darwin notice about the finches as he collected them?

Answer 5

he came to the conclusion that they descended from one species
- he noticed that over a long period of time the birds beak’s have changed- each was adapted to the kind of food available in their local area

Question 6

what did charles darwin develop from this conclusion (from the finches)

Answer 6

he developed a theory of natural selection