Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution

Charles Darwin gave up studying Medicine at Edinburg University because...

• he couldn't stand the sight of blood.

• he couldn't stand the sight of corpses (dead bodies)

• he didn't want to study so hard.

• his family was too poor to pay for his studies.

In 1831, Darwin set off on a five-year voyage aboard a ship called ...

• The Invincible.

• The Armadillo.

• The Beagle.

• The Hippopotamus.

While he was travelling, Darwin studied ... in the countries and on the islands that the ship visited.

• flowers, fruit and vegetables

• plants and animals.

• the ancient languages

• the people

By the time he returned to Britain, Darwin was already working on his theory that all living things had a common ...

• great-grandfather

• Creator

• ancestor

• specimen

Darwin was ... about what the public and the Church might say about his theory of evolution.

• excited

• curious

• frightened

• ignorant

An armadillo, an ostrich and a puma - Darwin ... all of these animals.

• kept

• liked

• was afraid of

• ate

Most scientists ... Darwin's theory of evolution.

• accepted

• recommended

• ignored

• were bored by

Things such as water, oil, wood... that people can use are called

The movement of a large group of animals or people travelling to a different place is called a

Charles Darwin explained how the evolution happened through ...

• pure magic

• natural selection

• the hard work of the tortoises

• a coincidence