Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the seventh year of elementary school, about ligartinho-do-cipó. Have you ever heard of him?Its name comes from the place where it was first cataloged, Serra do Cipó, in Minas Gerais. Let's get to know him better? So, carefully read the interesting text "No tail, but safe!" and then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Carefully read the text. Then answer the interpretive questions:
Despite its name, the lizard-do-vine does not live hanging around. Its name comes from the place where it was first cataloged, Serra do Cipó, in Minas Gerais. Its habitat is not the forests, but the rupestrian fields, environments with low vegetation, which rise on rocks at the top of some mountains.
Small and very agile, the lizard-do-vine is not easy to spot. Since the species was discovered in 1966, less than a dozen of them have been found by researchers. Apparently, it is a rare animal, with few individuals existing in nature.
Due to its rarity, almost nothing is known about this species. But something very special the researchers have already discovered: to escape from a predator, the lizard-do-vine is able to let go of its own tail and, after a few weeks, another brand new tail starts to sprout!
To protect the lizard-do-vine and other species in the region, the National Action Plan for the Conservation of Endangered Reptiles and Amphibians in the Serra do Espinhaço was created. The idea is to bring together researchers, government agencies, companies and the community to conserve nature and species that are at risk of disappearing.
If everyone is willing to collaborate, the plan has everything to work out!
Henrique Caldeira Costa. “Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 283. Available in: .
Question 1 - The text about the lizard-do-vine has purposes:
( ) didactic.
( ) scientific.
( ) journalistic.
Question 2 - In “No tail, but safe!”, the term “but” introduces a fact:
( ) with the exception of the previous one.
( ) which compensates for the above.
( ) which contrasts with the above.
Question 3 - In the passage “[…] environments with low vegetation, which rise on rocks on top of some mountains.”, the author refers:
( ) to forests.
( ) to Serra do Cipó.
( ) to the rupestrian fields.
Question 4 – In the “Little and much agile […], the word underlined was used to:
( ) justify a characteristic of the lizard-do-vine.
( ) intensify a characteristic of the lizard-do-vine.
( ) complement a characteristic of the lizard-do-vine.
Question 5 - In the period "for its rarity, almost nothing is known about this species.”, the highlighted expression indicates:
( ) cause.
( ) condition.
( ) consequence.
Question 6 – In the fragment “[…] and, after a few weeks, another brand new tail starts to grow!”, the exclamation point highlights:
( ) the relief with the fact that another tail was born.
( ) the amazement at the fact that another tail was born.
( ) the admiration for the fact that another tail was born.
Question 7 – In the section “To protect the lizard-do-lipe and other species in the region, the National Action Plan was created […]”, the comma indicates:
( ) an omitted information.
( ) a misplaced information.
( ) an interleaved information.
Question 8 – Reread this segment of the text:
“If everyone is willing to collaborate, the plan has everything to work out!”,
In this segment, the author of the text:
( ) exposes an opinion.
( ) displays a data.
( ) raises a hypothesis.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.