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Webquest: The Beagle has landed
Go to URL:
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/science-of-natural-history/expeditions-collecting/beagle-voyage/
1. Read the description in the Beagle Voyage window. You will need to scroll down using the down
arrow. What was Charles Darwin’s job on the HMS Beagle?
2. Who was the Captain of the HMS Beagle?
3. How long did the voyage take?
How long was it supposed to take?
4. What did Darwin later say about the Beagle voyage?
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5. When did Darwin’s voyage begin?
6. Where was his first stop?
. What
made Darwin “thrill with delight”?
7. Where did Darwin arrive in February 1832?
What did
he explore there?
8. Where did Darwin arrive in December 1832?
9. Where did Darwin arrive in Januray-February 1835?
he observe while there?
What did
. What do you
think he meant by “ordinary wear and tear”?
10. When does he finally make it to the Galapagos Islands?
11. He got a ride. On what?
12. What do marine iguanas eat?
13. Darwin had thought he collected many different birds but, once he got back to London, he actually
discovered that most of his bird specimens were all
.
14. Where did the HMS Beagle go after South America?
When did
the ship arrive there
What does Darwin notice about the
mammals there?
15. Where did Darwin arrive in April 1836?
there?
What did he study
16. In June 1836 the HMS Beagle arrives in
17. Describe what Table Mountain looks like?
18. The HMS Beagle then when back to South America. When?
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What did Darwin say about “the sea, and all ships which sail on it.”
19. Where/when did the voyage of the HMS Beagle end?
20. How big was the HMS Beagle?
/
How many total people were on
the voyage?
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