Most Beautiful Roof in the World Test
Viewed from an airplane Blue Creek looks like what?
A giant piece of broccoli.
Meg Lowman believes that science is what that rules over the world?
A machine.
What does Ormosia mean?
Big cabbage tree.
Her son James finds a beetle on his way up the canopy. Who's head does he compre it to?
Darth Vador's
What are the names of Meg Lowman's sons.
Edward and James.
On page 10, what is a canopy compared to?
It is compared to an undiscovered continent.
What is Blue Creek considered as?
It is considered as one of the most humid places on the planet.
Where is Blue Creek located?
It is located deep in Belize, in Central America.
What is a Jumar (or assender)?
It is used in technical rock-climbing. It is a metal shaped-U has a hinged and groomed gate that allows thet rope to slide up as one climbs but locks instantly with a downward motion. To decend, the climber must manually push the gate open to allow the rope to slide through.
On page 42 Meg Lowman says "the lonley hum of the computer, and the clicking of the keys, in the back of her mind is the consoling knowledge of other scientists and pioneers." What does that mean?
It means she is thankful for all the scientist's and pioneers technology that got her to were she was today.
On page 39, Meg's sons are upset that she but the bug in te bottle. Meg tells them "I'm going to send it to the Smithsonian for identification." What does that mean?
It means that Lowman is going to send the bottle to the Smithsonian museum. When she says she will send it for identification she means she will send it to the scientists at the museum to take a better look at it.
To get to the top of the trees what does Meg Lowman has what on the end of her rope?
Jumars, or assenders.
What is the name of the main charecter?
Meg Lowman.
What does Meg Lowman do for a living?
She is a rainforest scientist.
What does Meg Lowman want to know?
She wants to know the relationship between plants and insects.
As a kid, who was Meg Lowman intrigued by?
She was intrigued by Rachel Carson one of the first enviromentalists. She was also intrigued by Harriet Tubman the "conducter" of the Underground Railroad.
What was the first thing that Meg Lowman saw when she was going to the canopy with her sons.
Two spider monkeys.
