Name: __________________________________
Movie: Galapagos IMAX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UvV50hNvx4
1.
Where are the Galapagos Islands located?
2.
How long has it been since Charles Darwin Studied on the Archipelago?
3.
Dr. Carole Baldwin works at which research institute?
4.
What type of beginning did the Galapagos Islands have? Compared to the age of the
earth, how old are the islands?
5.
How many islands make up the Archipelago?
6.
Fossils of ancient birds and rodents were found in cavernous tunnels that were formed
from what?
7.
How long can a Galapagos Tortoise live? What does their shell type tell about us about
them?
8.
What reason does the narrator give to explain why the Galapagos Cormorant lost its
ability to fly? What do they use their “stubby” wings for now?
9.
The Galapagos land Iguana prefers the fruit of the Prickly Pear Cactus. How did this
plant change to defend itself from predators? What do we call this?
10.
Marine Iguanas are unique, in that they can take advantage of the resources of both the
________________ and the __________________.
11.
What are two ways the iguanas may have traveled to the Galapagos Islands?
12.
In the Marine Ecosystem, mineral gasses are continuously released from vents in the
ocean floor, what does this tell us about the islands?
13.
Dr. Baldwin had the privilege of going into deep waters in the Johnson Sea-Link
submersible. How deep can the craft dive?
14.
Dr. Baldwin calls the ocean floor the “last great frontier.” What percentage of the ocean
floor has been explored already?
15.
What type of “creatures” did they find at the bottom of the ocean?
16.
How deep did they actually dive and how long did it take for them to get to the surface of
the ocean?