Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about the koalas. They look like teddy bears with thick, soft fur., the short and dark muzzle, the rounded head and the big hairy ears. Let's get to know the koalas better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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They look like teddy bears with thick, soft fur, short dark muzzle, rounded head and large furry ears. Typical of Australia, in fact, koalas are not bears, but marsupial mammals. Unlike other mammals, they are marsupials because they finish developing outside the mother's uterus, in the marsupium, a kind of pouch that the mother has in her belly, to which still embryos migrate.
The koala's thick coat protects it from temperature variations, also serving as a raincoat. Well-adapted to life in trees, the koala has excellent balance, although it does not have a tail like other marsupials. It also has short, strong legs with rough soles.
Koalas can measure around seventy centimeters, weighing up to twelve kilograms in southern Australia. If not in an environment disturbed by human occupation or natural disasters (such as fire), koalas can live for up to fifteen years. However, a male koala lives an average of ten years, because they take risks by going for food and walking on the ground, exposing themselves more to predators.
It's not by chance that koalas have a reputation for "stoppages". With a diet composed of leaves from some species of eucalyptus, which are not rich in nutrients, koalas have a low metabolism and tend to sit still, so as not to expend a lot of energy and retain food in your digestive system for long periods. A koala spends up to 20 hours, sleeping or resting!
Due to its diet, the koala has an excellent nose for identifying some types of leaves and differentiating which ones are poisonous or not. They are also more nocturnal creatures, because, in the coldest hours of the night, they spend less energy walking and looking for food.
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Although they have solitary habits, koalas live in society like humans and need to be in contact with other koalas, hence the need for large forest areas, where these animals can to live. This is also one of the major problems related to fires and deforestation, since koalas are territorial and mark trees as if they were their homes.
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Question 1 - In the passage “They look like teddy bears with thick, soft fur, short dark muzzle, rounded head and large furry ears.”, the author describes:
Question 2 - In the segment “[…] in the marsupium, a kind of bag that the mother has in her belly, to where embryos still migrate.”, the highlighted excerpt:
( ) explains “marsupium”.
( ) characterizes “marsupium”.
( ) complements “marsupium”.
Question 3 - In “If they are not in an environment disturbed by human occupation or natural disasters (such as fires), koalas can live longer […]”, the term “If” introduces:
( ) a hypothesis.
( ) a condition.
( ) an adversity.
Question 4 – According to the text, "koalas have a low metabolism". Because?
( ) Because they spend a good part of the day, sleeping or resting.
( ) Because they store food in the digestive system for long periods.
( ) Because they feed on nutrient-poor eucalyptus leaves.
Question 5 - In the part “[…] the koala has an excellent nose to identify some types of leaves and differentiate which ones are poisonous or not.”, the word “to” indicates:
( ) the causes of the koala's excellent sense of smell.
( ) the purposes of the excellent koala scent.
( ) the consequences of the koala's excellent sense of smell.
Question 6 – In the sentence “[…] koalas live in society like humans […]”, the word “how” was used to:
( ) mark an example.
( ) inform a compliance.
( ) establish a comparison.
Question 7 – According to the author of the text, deforestation and fires threaten the lives of koalas. Explain:
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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