Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about the act of “sleeping” plants. The flowers open in the morning and close at night. Have you noticed how this happens? Are they sleeping? Let's find out? So, read the explanatory text carefully! Then answer the proposed interpretive questions!
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SCHOOL: DATE:
PROF: CLASS:
NAME:
Read:
The flowers open in the morning and close at night. Have you noticed how this happens? Are they sleeping?
Yea! They “sleep” at night! And what makes them sleep is the circadian rhythm, just as it happens to humans.
The circadian rhythm of living beings lasts approximately 24 hours, that is, it follows the Earth's rotational movement.
This means that plants, animals and human bodies recognize that night is the time to rest, and day is the time to stay awake and do activities.
So, when we say that plants are “sleeping”, it is because they interrupt certain processes that they only do with sunlight, during the day.
Light and dark trigger mechanisms in plants to produce substances that control growth and development.
Plants may not be able to get up and hunt for food, but during the day they move slightly to maximize their exposure to solar energy.
They absorb sunlight to make energy through photosynthesis and at night turn their attention to metabolizing the energy and using it to grow.
Veronica Soares. Available in:
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(With cuts and adaptations).
Question 1 - Reread this passage from the text:
"The circadian rhythm of living beings lasts approximately 24 hours, that is, it follows the Earth's rotational movement.”
The highlighted excerpt is:
( ) an assumption.
( ) a conclusion.
( ) one explanation.
Question 2 - In "That it means that the plants […]”, the underlined word:
( ) retrieves information.
( ) announces information.
( ) complements information.
Question 3 - The author addresses the reader directly in the fragment:
( ) "Have you noticed how this happens?"
( ) “[…] and the day is the time to stay awake and carry out activities.”
( ) “Plants may not be able to get up and hunt for food […]”
Question 4 – In the fifth paragraph of the text, the word "sleeping" is in quotation marks because:
( ) was misspelled.
( ) was used figuratively.
( ) is an example of informal language.
Question 5 - Watch:
"Light and darkness trigger mechanisms in plants to produce substances that control growth and development."
The verb "unleash" could be replaced by:
( ) “separate”.
( ) “stimulate”.
( ) “transform”.
Question 6 – In the segment “[…] they move lightly to maximize your exposure to solar energy.”, the highlighted term expresses:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 7 – In the part “They absorb sunlight to make energy through photosynthesis and at night they turn their attention to metabolizing energy […]”, the underlined word indicates:
( ) facts that add up.
( ) alternating facts.
( ) facts that contradict each other.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
