MSB Rainforest

What is the primary focus of Earth Day, as described by Phoebe?

• Celebrating the arrival of spring.

• Thinking about how animals and plants live together.

• Planting new trees in the community.

• Recycling and reducing waste.

What special gift did the students give Ms. Frizzle for Earth Day?

• A new school bus.

• A trip to the rainforest.

• A rented cocoa tree in the rainforest.

• A collection of rare rainforest animals.

What issue did Ms. Frizzle encounter with her first shipment of cocoa beans from her rented tree?

• The beans were rotten.

• The shipment was lost in transit.

• There was only one shriveled cocoa bean due to a shortage.

• The beans were replaced with a different type of bean.

What special role was Phoebe assigned for the rainforest trip to solve the mystery of the missing cocoa beans?

• The bus driver.

• The "big picture" expert.

• A Rainforest Investigator (RFI).

• The official photographer.

What was Tim's initial hunch regarding the missing cocoa beans?

• They were stolen by a large animal.

• They were washed away by a flood.

• They were connected to the mud the kids were covered in.

• They were eaten by tiny insects.

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Which insect is responsible for pollinating cocoa flowers?

• Bees

• Butterflies

• Midges

• Ants

What type of plant was observed to contain a small pool of water that supported various creatures?

• Orchid

• Bromeliad

• Venus flytrap

• Water lily

What is the crucial role of peccaries in the ecosystem that enables cocoa trees to produce pods?

• They eat harmful pests that attack cocoa trees.

• They create mud wallows where midges, essential for pollination, breed.

• They spread cocoa seeds through their droppings.

• They aerate the soil around cocoa trees.

What was the immediate consequence of covering the rainforest floor with artificial turf?

• The cocoa trees grew faster

• The peccaries left the area

• New plant species began to grow

• The soil became more fertile