activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, on monitoring jaguars. Researchers monitor jaguar behavior in the Amazon. Shall we inform ourselves about this fact? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
In March, river levels rise and felines take shelter in trees
Researchers from the Mamirauá Institute are going to take advantage of the rainy season in the Amazon rainforest to monitor jaguars. In March, the level of the rivers rises and reduces the availability of land for the cats, who take shelter in the trees.
Traps are set with camouflaged loops in the foliage to capture the animals. The jaguars are immobilized for the installation of a collar that allows satellite location monitoring. Thus, the research groups can approach in canoes and observe the animals, which is more difficult to carry out during periods of drought.
From observation and movement data, researchers will have more information to understand the ecological needs of the jaguar in the Amazon.
The Mamirauá Institute is a social organization promoted and supervised by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Daniel Mello. “Brazil Agency”.
Available in:. Accessed on: March 20, 2023.
Question 1 – What is the purpose of the text above?
( ) report a fact.
( ) promote a place.
( ) tell a story.
Question 2 – Read back:
“In March, river levels rise and felines take shelter in trees”
What cats does the text refer to?
Question 3 – Watch:
“Researchers from the Mamirauá Institute are going to take advantage of the rainy season in the Amazon rainforest to monitor jaguars.”
This snippet is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 – According to the text, the jaguars “take shelter in the trees” in March. Why?
Question 5 – In the section “Traps are set with loops camouflaged in the foliage to capture the animals.”, the underlined word means:
( ) “tied”.
( ) “disguised”.
( ) “scattered”.
Question 6 – In "Like this, research groups can approach in canoes and observe the animals […]” the highlighted term expresses:
( ) mode.
( ) cause.
( ) time.
Question 7 – Underline below the word that introduces a purpose:
“From observation and movement data, researchers will have more information to understand the ecological needs of the jaguar in the Amazon.”
Question 8 – In the segment “The Mamirauá Institute is a social organization promoted and supervised by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.”, the term “e” indicates:
( ) sum.
( ) opposition.
( ) conclusion.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
