The Great Kapok Tree Science Quiz

In the rain forest, bees were important because they...

• kept humans out of the forest.

• were eaten by other animals.

• made honey for farmers.

• pollinated trees and flowers.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

According to the selection, what was one reason the tree roots were important?

• They were home to certain birds.

• They held the soil in place.

• They kept the ground moist.

• They gave leaves their green color.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is one reason that both people and animals need trees?

• We both live in the trees

• Both people and animals need the trees for firewood

• People and animals breathe the oxygen that trees make

• We both need trees to build houses

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Why did the author have so many different animals in this story?

• The author loved all of the animals and couldn't pick just one to talk to them.

• All of the animals loved to talk to humans.

• The animals wanted to help the man cut down the Kapok tree

• The author wanted to show how many animals would be affected by the loss of this tree.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What does the bee tell the man?

• her hive is in the tree

• she pollinates trees and flowers

• all living things depend on each other

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

____________________ is the act of depending on another organism for survival in a particular ecosystem

• traits

• adaptations

• deforestation

• interdependence

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

_______________ is the act of cutting down or burning all the trees in one area

• traits

• adaptations

• deforestation

• interdependence

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the setting of the Great Kapok Tree?

• the rainforest

• the desert

• the forest

• the arctic

What would be one effect of cutting down the Kapok Tree?

• The man would be happy

• The animals would no longer have a place to live

• The entire forest would be cut down

• The man would never come back to the forest

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Who told the man that the tree roots were important?

• the bee

• the monkeys

• the snake

• the birds