Which one of the following scientists made observations during a sea voyage in a sail ship called H.M.S. Beagle?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Charles Darwin
(1) S.L. Miller — Incorrect. Miller worked in a laboratory. He sent electric discharge through a mixture of methane, ammonia, hydrogen and water vapour and obtained amino acids. This was an experiment on the origin of life.
(2) Charles Darwin — Correct. Darwin made his observations on a sea voyage round the world in the sail ship H.M.S. Beagle. He saw that living forms are alike to different degrees, and that many forms of the past no longer exist. From this he concluded that life has evolved gradually.
(3) Robert Hook — Incorrect. Robert Hooke is known for seeing and naming cells. He was not on the Beagle.
(4) Karl Ernst von Baer — Incorrect. Von Baer was an embryologist who studied the development of embryos. He was not on the Beagle.
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