Text Interpretation: Cassava

Text interpretation, “Cassava – another gift from the Amazon”, aimed at 7th grade students.

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Cassava — another gift from the Amazon

Cassava, castelinha, cassava, maniva, manivera. The designations of Manihot utilisima they may vary from region to region in Brazil, but one of them must be taken into account throughout the national territory: bread-of-poor – and for obvious reasons.

Rich in starch, cassava – a rustic plant native to the Amazon and widespread throughout the world, especially by Portuguese settlers – is the basis for the livelihood of many Brazilians and the only food available to more than 600 million people in various parts of the planet, and in particular in some regions of the Africa. […]

The best of Globo Rural. Feb. 2005.

Questions

Question 1 - Identify:

a) The regional varieties for the designation of cassava:

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b) The scientific name of the cassava:

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Question 2 - Explain the following designation for cassava: “poor bread”.

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Question 3 - Please transcribe the definition of cassava from the text. Then cite the resource that was used to insert that definition:

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Question 4 – In "[…] but one of them must be taken into account throughout the national territory […]”, the highlighted term establishes in the text a list of:

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By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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