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What specific animals were studied on The Galapagos?
Galapagos Trivia
Geography trivia
100

Where are the Galapagos Islands located?

a. Pacific Ocean about 605 miles (1,000 kilometers) west of northern South America.

b. Pacific Ocean about 1,120 miles (1898 kilometers) west of Chile.

c. Atlantic Ocean about 299 miles (436 kilometers) east of South Carolina. 

What is a. Pacific Ocean about 605 miles (1,000 kilometers) west of northern South America.

100

Who was the famous scientist that studied animals and fauna is The Galapagos?

a. Einstein

b. Darwin

c. Mendel

d. Newton 

What is b. Darwin

100

Name this animal? a. Sea Lion b. Sea Iguana c. Sea Turtle d. Prehistoric bird 

What is b. Sea Iguana 

100

What year did the famous Scientist arrive on The Galapagos Islands?

a. 1935

b. 2011

c. 1835

What is c. 1835

100

What is the definition of Pangaea?  

a. Land filled with material located in South America.

b. A sub-continent located in Africa

c. North and South America combined

d. is the name given to the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, before the process of plate tectonics separated each of the component continents into their current configuration. 

What is b. supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, before the process of plate tectonics separated each of the component continents into their current configuration.

200

Where is the Pacific Ocean located (absolute from United States).

a. South of Texas.

b. Along the border of the east and south coast of the US.

c. Along the west coast(and west) of the United States. 

What is c. Pacific Ocean is located along the western region of the United States and South America. 

200

What was specifically being studied on The Galapagos?

a. Theory of Evolution.

b. Theory of Relativity.

c. Theory of Gravity

What is a. Theory of Evolution.

200

What bird species is this photo? a. Hawks b. African Grays c. Finches d. American Eagle


What is c. Finches 

200

Where was the famous scientist that studied on The Galapagos from? 

a. France

b. Germany

c. Ecuador

What is d. England.

200

Name the continents of the world. 

What are: Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, and Antarctica

300

Which Country does the Galapagos belong to?

a. El Salvador

b. Chile

c. Ecuador

d. Suriname 

What is c. Ecuador (it is located along the equator). 

300

What was the name of the ship that sailed to the Galapagos?

a. The Beagle

b. The Princess

c. The Princess Mary

s. The Magician 

What is a. The Beagle.

300

What animals is this? 



What is a Tortoise. 

300

True or False The famous Scientists' theory was readily accepted?

What is false. 

300

What is the largest ocean?

a. Indian Ocean

b. Atlantic Ocean

c. Pacific Ocean

d. Mediterranean Sea 

What is c. Pacific

400

What is the Capitol of Ecuador?

a. Lima

b. Mexico City

c. Santiago

d. Quito 

What is d. Quito

400

How long did the famous Scientist study the Islands?

a. Five years

b. Five months

c. 2 Weeks

d. Five Weeks 


What is d. Five weeks 

400

Sea Iguanas located on The Galapagos Islands are one of a kind why (choose two)?

a. They have changed colors over the years.

b. They are smaller than any other Iguana.

c. They adapted to the sea for nourishment. 

d. They are truly Herbivores. 

What is c and d. 

400

There is a large community on the island of The Galapagos?

What is no.

400

The United States is what Continent?

What is North Continent.

500

What Islands? 

What are The Galapagos.

500

What is the name of this famous Scientist who studied The Theory of Evolution? 

a. Trump b. Newton c. Irwin d. Darwin 

 


What is d. Darwin

500

What specific three species adapted to the Theory of Evolution according to Darwin?

a. Elephants, Finches, Tortoises.

b. Brown stripped snail, Tortoises, Finches.

c. Small stripped green tree frog, Iguanas, Finches.

d. Tortoises, Iguanas, Finches. 

What is d. 

500

One can fly directly to the main Island of the Galapagos? 

What is no. On can fly to the nearest county and then take a ship/boat to the Island. 

500

Which Continent is Germany, France, Italy and Spain located? 

What is European Continent.

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