Imax Galapagos Questions - Oswego Community Unit School ...



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IMAX Galapagos Questions

1. When did Darwin come to the Galapagos Islands? _____

2. How many Islands make up the Galapagos archipelago?_____

3. How did the species on the Galapagos get to the island?

4. What was Carol Baldwin and the other scientists looking for in the cavernous tunnels?

5. For how many years can the giant Galapagos tortoise live? _____

6. What did Darwin notice was different in different island tortoises?

7. How many species of finches are on the Galapagos Islands? _____

8. What did the Galapagos cormorants loose the ability to do since their ancestors have arrived?

9. How was the cormorant wing an adaptation?

10. In what way did the Galapagos prickly pear cactus evolve because of the land iguana?

11. What does the hammer head of hammer head sharks have that may help them locate their prey?

12. How long have hammer head sharks been on land when other species have gone extinct? _____

13. In the sea as on in land the rules are eat or be eaten, adapt and survive, so that what can happen?

14. What does the stingray use camouflage to do?

15. What is a sign that the Galapagos Islands are still under construction?

16. What part of the world’s ocean floor has been explored?

17. What are some specimens the scientists collect while in the submarine?

18. What did Charles Darwin chart down in his diary about the islands?

19. How many species did Carol Baldwin find on the Galapagos?_____

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