Text Interpretation: Mistletoes

Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about the mistletoe. According to the text, they they reach the branches of plants by flying, or rather, hitchhiking with the birds. Let's know how this curious fact happens? so read the text Where does the name come from? Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!

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SCHOOL: DATE:

PROF: CLASS:

NAME:

Read the text. Then answer the proposed interpretative questions:

Where does the name come from?

Weeds reach the branches of plants by flying, or rather, hitchhiking with the birds. It's just that birds eat the berries of mistletoe when they land on other trees. After some time, the ingested seeds are eliminated by feces or regurgitated - vomited (

gh!). Most interestingly, the mistletoe seeds are wrapped in mistletoe, a sticky sticky substance like gum, allowing them to stick tightly to the branches of the plants. Only seeds that manage to attach to the branch of a host plant, such as a mango tree, will succeed. develop until reaching adulthood and generate other mistletoe fruits that can be eaten by birds.

You can also find mistletoe on wires and clotheslines. This is because these plants are able to germinate on non-living surfaces. But you must be wary that they will not become a new plant because they will have nowhere to suck nutrients.

“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 222. Available in: .

Questions

Question 1 - In “Where does the name come from?”, what name does the text refer to?

A:

Question 2 - In the passage “The mistletoes reach the branches of the plants by flying, or rather, ride with the birds.”, the highlighted excerpt indicates:

( ) the way that the mistletoe reaches the branches of plants.

( ) the way in which the mistletoes reach the branches of plants.

( ) the time with which the mistletoes reach the branches of the plants.

Question 3 - “[…] the ingested seeds are eliminated by feces or regurgitated – vomited (gh!)”. It can be said that "regurgitated" means:

( ) “ingested”.

( ) “deleted”.

( ) “vomited”.

Question 4 – Reread this part of the text:

“[…] mistletoe, a sticky sticky substance like gum […]”

In this part of the text, the author:

( ) defines “mistletoe”.

( ) evaluates “mistletoe”.

( ) complements “mistletoe”.

Question 5 - In the excerpt “[…] allowing them to be securely attached […]”, the word “they” resumes:

 A:

Question 6 – In the sentence "[…] will succeed develop until reaching adulthood […]”, the underlined verbal expression could be replaced by:

( ) “made it”.

( ) “can do”.

( ) “will succeed”.

Question 7 – In the fragment “Only the seeds that manage to attach themselves to the branch of a host plant, such as a mango tree […]”, the word “how” was used to:

( ) express a cause.

( ) indicate an example.

( ) establish a comparison.

Question 8 – According to the text, the mistletoe “are capable of germinating on non-living surfaces”. Identify the non-living surfaces cited in the text:

A:

Question 9 – In “But you must suspect that they will not become […]”, “But” expresses:

( ) a contrast.

( ) one caveat.

( ) a compensation.

Question 10 – The author of the text presents an opinion in the passage:

( ) "It's just that birds eat mistletoe fruits when they land on other trees."

( ) “The most interesting thing is that the mistletoe seeds are involved […]”

( ) "Only the seeds that manage to fix on the branch of a host plant [...]"

Per Denyse Lage Fonseca

Graduated in Languages ​​and specialist in distance education.

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