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