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Galapagos – The Islands that Changed the World
Cormorant
1. How are the cormorants found on the Galapagos Islands different
than ones in South America?
2. What is the advantage that these birds have being marooned here?
Carpenter Bee
3. What color are most of the flowers on this island?
4. How does this color relate to the carpenter bee?
Finches
5. There are thirteen species of finches on the Galapagos islands.
Briefly describe the shape of each type of beak:
Seed –
Flower –
Insect –
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Frigate Bird
6. Describe how frigate birds compete with one another.
7. What kinds of displays do male frigate birds use to attract females?
8. What do sperm whales use to communicate with each other?
9. Describe the characteristics of the land, as Charles Darwin would have experienced.
Short-Eared Owl
10.
Where do storm petrels live to avoid predation?
11.
How do the short-eared owls hunt the petrels?
12.
Do the owls hunt the same way as ones on other islands?
Galapagos Tortoise
13. Why do Galapagos tortoises have such a huge curve in the
front of their shell?
14. What happened to the tortoises that Darwin collected to
bring back on the ship?
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15. Charles Darwin spent a great deal of time studying mockingbird specimens he collected after leaving the
islands. Describe some of the differences he observed.
16. The Galapagos Islands are young volcanic islands that were originally lifeless but are now very diverse.
How did the information Darwin gather there help him understand the evolution life across the rest of
the Earth?
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