Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle
- 1. Who was on board HMS Beagle as the ship's naturalist?
A) Captain Cook
B) Charles Darwin
C) Captain FitzRoy
D) Sir Joseph Banks
- 2. What year did the HMS Beagle set sail on its famous voyage?
A) 1801
B) 1900
C) 1850
D) 1831
- 3. Which famous theory did Charles Darwin develop during his time on the HMS Beagle?
A) Theory of Relativity
B) Theory of Gravity
C) Quantum Mechanics
D) Theory of Evolution
- 4. Which scientist influenced Charles Darwin's thinking before his voyage on the HMS Beagle?
A) Isaac Newton
B) Alfred Russel Wallace
C) Gregor Mendel
D) Charles Lyell
- 5. Who invented the marine chronometer, a key tool for navigation at sea?
A) Johannes Kepler
B) Isaac Newton
C) John Harrison
D) Galileo Galilei
- 6. In what year did the HMS Beagle return to England after its famous voyage with Charles Darwin?
A) 1830
B) 1840
C) 1836
D) 1845
- 7. Who was the captain of the HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's voyage?
A) William Bligh
B) Francis Drake
C) James Cook
D) Robert FitzRoy
- 8. Where did the HMS Beagle start its voyage from in 1831?
A) Bristol, England
B) Plymouth, England
C) London, England
D) Liverpool, England
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