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Directions: Answer the questions below, as you watch the movie Darwin’s Secret Notebook.Part One:What is the name of Darwin’s ship?Where was Darwin’s first stop?What were Darwin’s first duties, as an amateur naturalist?How does Darwin view species?“Like most people in Europe, Darwin linked nature directly to ________________”?Part Two:What does Darwin “cower the Earth’s” for?What did Darwin learn can happen to an entire species?Who are Darwin’s local guides?What is the name of the giant birds Darwin learns about (Hint: they are similar to ostriches)?What does Darwin discover about the remains of the Rheas?What 3 birds used their wings for something other than flight (Fill in the blanks below)?_______________________ = fins_______________________ = paddling_______________________ = sailsWhat do the different uses of wings radically suggest?Part Three:After the storm, on which country’s border does Darwin begin to study rocks?What types of fossils are found in the rocks?Why is Darwin fascinated by these rocks (Hint: what did this mean)?Whose book on the Principles of Geology did Darwin look for help?What evidence did Darwin discover about the Earth’s age?Part Four:After leaving South America, what is the H.M.S. Beagle’s next stop?What is the name of the small birds Darwin begins to notice (Hint: they have distinct beaks)?What type of bird “really” mattered to Darwin (Hint: he did not know it was a type of bird)?What does Darwin notice about the differences between sea and land creatures?Part Five:After returning to England, what does Darwin notice is different about the mockingbirds?How did he explain the difference in mockingbirds, if they came from the Americas?What is Darwin convinced of?Darwin calls his theory ______________________________Darwin waits for more than ________ years, before his theories are made _____________ ................
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