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