Text Interpretation: Rain Clouds

Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about rain clouds or storm clouds. Why are rain clouds dark? Do you know? No? So, carefully read the text that explains this curious and interesting fact! Afterwards, be sure to answer the various interpretative questions proposed! Come on?

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read:

Why are rain clouds dark?

There are clouds that are white as cotton. When you see them in the sky, no one bothers to take the umbrella. The clouds that warn us that we must be prepared are dark. But why do they have this characteristic?

Storm clouds are dark simply because sunlight cannot pass through them. Called cumulonimbus, they reach up to 15 kilometers in diameter and are about a thousand meters above the ground.

Sunlight, when it hits clouds of this type, ends up being largely reflected back into space. Those who promote this reflection of light are the ice stones and the water droplets that form the cumulonimbus clouds. It's true that some of the light even passes to the inner layers of these clouds. But, as the cloud is very thick, the light is extinguished, extinguishing and… It gets dark at their base, that is, at the bottom, which is what we see from the Earth's surface.

White clouds are thinner than storm clouds. That's why they're not dark. We know that light spreads in all directions as it penetrates the cloud, which is also made up of water droplets and ice. But because white clouds are not that thick, less light is lost along the way, leaving more to emerge at the base of the cloud. That's why we see them light.

Maria Assunção da Silva Dias. “Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 197. Available in: .

Questions

Question 1 - The text "Why are rain clouds dark?" performs the function of:

( ) report a fact about rain clouds.

( ) explain a fact about rain clouds.

( ) question a fact about rain clouds.

Question 2 - In this fragment, underline the adjective that characterizes storm clouds:

"Storm clouds are dark simply because sunlight can't get through them."

Question 3 – According to the author, white clouds are not dark because:

( ) are larger than storm clouds.

( ) are thinner than storm clouds.

( ) are thicker than storm clouds.

Question 4 - In the sentence “[…] they reach up to 15 kilometers in diameter […]”, the pronoun “they”:

( ) takes up “the storm clouds”.

( ) emphasizes “storm clouds”.

( ) presents “storm clouds”.

Question 5 - In the prayer “There are clouds that are white as cotton.”, the author used the word “like” to indicate:

( ) a cause.

( ) An example.

( ) a comparison.

Question 6 – In the passage “Already the clouds that warn us that we must leave forewarned are dark.”, the highlighted term could be replaced by:

( ) “cautioned”.

( ) “concerned”.

( ) “predisposed”.

Question 7 – In the part "It gets dark at the base of them, i.e, in its lower part […]", the underlined expression expresses:

( ) a condition.

( ) one explanation.

( ) a justification.

Question 8 – In “[…] which is also formed by drops of water and ice.”, the author refers:

( ) the light.

( ) the cloud.

( ) the storm.

Question 9 – The text was written in a language:

( ) didactic.

( ) scientific.

( ) journalistic.

Per Denyse Lage Fonseca

Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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