The Magic School Bus: Earth Day Adventure Quiz

What did the students order for Miss Frizzle from the rain forest rentals catalog?

• A magic wand

• A new car

• A surprise earth day present

• A pet monkey

What did the students suspect was the reason for the missing cocoa beans?

• A temporary cocoa bean shortage

• A cocoa tree shortage

• A chocolate shortage

• A pod shortage

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What did the students find out about the cocoa flowers on Miss Frizzle's tree?

• They were not producing flowers

• They were not getting pollinated

• They were pollinated by butterflies

• They were pollinated by bees

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

What did the students discover about the midge flies and the cocoa trees?

• The midge flies were not related to the cocoa trees

• The midge flies were eating the cocoa beans

• The midge flies were pollinating the cocoa flowers

• The midge flies were causing a cocoa bean shortage

What did Inspector 47 do that caused the cocoa trees to stop producing pods?

• He removed the cocoa trees

• He watered the cocoa trees too much

• He planted more cocoa trees

• He covered the rainforest floor with artificial turf

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What did the students learn about the web of life in the rainforest?

• It is not important for the rainforest ecosystem

• It is a simple network of connections between plants and animals

• It is only related to the cocoa trees

• It is a complex network of connections between plants and animals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What did the students realize about the squirrels and the oak tree?

• The squirrels were planting seeds for new oak trees

• The squirrels were destroying the oak tree

• The squirrels were eating the oak tree leaves

• The squirrels were not related to the oak tree

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What did the students find out about the midges and the bromeliad plants?

• The midges were breeding in the bromeliad plants

• The midges were not related to the bromeliad plants

• The midges were pollinating the bromeliad plants

• The midges were eating the bromeliad plants

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What did Inspector 47 do to fix the problem with the cocoa trees?

• He apologized to the cocoa trees

• He removed the cocoa trees

• He removed the artificial turf and brought back the peccaries

• He covered the rainforest floor with more artificial turf

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What did the students do with the cocoa beans they received several months later?

• They roasted the cocoa beans to make chocolate

• They used the cocoa beans to make coffee

• They planted the cocoa beans

• They threw away the cocoa beans