activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the flora of Brazil. More than 25,000 species of flora exist in Brazil alone, study shows. Shall we inform ourselves about this fact? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Data are from research coordinated by the Botanical Garden of Rio
More than 25 thousand species of plants, algae and fungi native to Brazil are endemic, that is, they only exist naturally in the country. This represents 55% of the total of Brazilian native species, which reach 46.9 thousand. The data are from the Flora do Brasil 2020 study, coordinated by the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro.
According to the survey, the Atlantic Forest is the biome where there are more species (17,150 or 36.5% of the Brazilian flora), followed by the Amazon (13,056 or 27.8% of the species) and the Cerrado (12,829 or 27,3%). With less biodiversity, appear the Caatinga, with 4,963 species (10%), the Pampa, with 2,817 (6%) and the Pantanal, with 1,682 (3.6%).
Among the species, 32,696 are angiosperms (vascular plants that bear fruits, such as palm trees), 23 are gymnosperms (plants vascular plants that do not bear fruit, such as pines), 1,584 are bryophytes (i.e., mosses), 1,380 are ferns, 6,320 are fungi, and 4,972 are algae.
In addition to the 46,900 native species, 680 exotic species were identified and naturalized (that is, which today spread naturally throughout the country) and 2,336 exotic plants that are cultivated.
The study was produced with the help of almost a thousand scientists from 25 countries and brings, in addition to the list of species, the description of them, synonyms, their condition of endemism, the biomes, types of vegetation and states where they can be found.
The data are open to the public and available on the internet. According to the study coordinator, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, the platform is a source of information not only for botanists, but can also aid government planning and impact studies environmental.
According to the researcher, in the last five years, an average of one species per day has been described in Brazil. This shows that there are still many species to be discovered or described in the country.
Available in:. Published on February 23, 2021. (With cuts and adaptation).
Question 1 – What is the purpose of the text above?
( ) report a fact.
( ) express an opinion.
( ) tell a story.
Question 2 – In “More than 25 thousand species of plants, algae and fungi native to Brazil are endemic, i.e., only exist naturally in the country.”, the expression underlined:
( ) explains the previous information.
( ) corrects the previous information.
( ) completes the previous information.
Question 3 – Identify the biome in which, according to the text, there are more species of Brazilian flora:
( ) Thick.
( ) Amazon.
( ) Atlantic forest.
Question 4 – In “(vascular plants that do not bear fruit, such as pines)”, the text refers to:
( ) to bryophytes.
( ) to angiosperms.
( ) to gymnosperms.
Question 5 – Underline the word that expresses time below:
“[…] were naturalized (that is, they are now naturally spread across the country) […]”
Question 6 – In the passage “The data are open to the public It is are available on the internet.”, the highlighted term indicates:
( ) addition.
( ) contrast.
( ) alternation.
Question 7 – The fragment “[…] in the last five years, an average of one species per day was described in Brazil.” It is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.
