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Foods from the Rainforest

Science · Rainforests · ages 5-7
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  1. Which seeds are processed to help make chocolate?

    • Cacao beans
    • Coffee beans
    • Banana seeds

  2. Which food grows on a large plant whose stem is not a woody trunk?

    • Brazil nut
    • Cacao bean
    • Banana

  3. Some coffee plants grow in tree shade.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which place fits the banana farming described in the lesson?

    • On ice high up a cold mountain
    • On a farm in a warm place
    • Under salt water in the ocean

  5. Where do cacao seeds grow before workers take them out?

    • Under soil below the cacao trees
    • Inside bars in a chocolate factory
    • Inside pods on cacao trees

  6. Which food grows inside hard, woody fruits on tall Amazon rainforest trees?

    • Cacao seeds
    • Brazil nuts
    • Coffee seeds

  7. Ravi has a chocolate bar and a banana. Can he tell just by looking that both plants grew in a wild rainforest?

    • Yes, both must come from a wild rainforest
    • Yes, food sold in shops cannot come from farms
    • No, he needs growing-place information

  8. Tom says coffee seeds first grow inside a factory. Which fact challenges his claim?

    • Coffee seeds grow inside berries
    • Coffee seeds grow inside factory boxes
    • Coffee seeds grow below the soil in fields
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  1. Cacao beans · Cacao seeds, often called beans, go through processing to help make chocolate.
  2. Banana · Banana plants have stems that are not woody trunks. Cacao beans and Brazil nuts grow on trees.
  3. True · Some coffee grows in tree shade. Other coffee grows in sunlight.
  4. On a farm in a warm place · The lesson describes bananas growing on large plants in warm places and explains that people grow them on farms.
  5. Inside pods on cacao trees · Cacao seeds grow inside pods on cacao trees. Workers remove them from harvested pods.
  6. Brazil nuts · Brazil nuts grow inside hard, woody fruits on tall Amazon rainforest trees.
  7. No, he needs growing-place information · The foods alone do not identify their growing locations. Many food plants grow on farms.
  8. Coffee seeds grow inside berries · Coffee seeds grow inside berries on coffee plants. Processing comes after the seeds have grown.
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