activity text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year elementary school students, on the Rio Negro. He reached this Monday (16) the level of 13.59 meters, the lowest ever recorded in history, in 121 years of reading by the port of Manaus. Shall we inform ourselves about this worrying fact? So, read the text carefully! Then, answer the various questions proposed!
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The trend is for volume to continue decreasing until the end of October
The Rio Negro reached this Monday (16) the level of 13.59 meters, the lowest ever recorded in history, in 121 years of reading by the port of Manaus.
According to the Management of Forwarding and Monitoring of the City of Manaus, which has been monitoring of the ebb of the Negro and Amazon rivers, the tendency is for the volume of the rivers to continue decreasing until the end of this month.
The drought has already affected 63 rural riverside communities in Manaus. At the end of September, City Hall declared an emergency situation in the municipality, due to the low tide of the Rio Negro.
The school year for riverside schools located in this region ended early due to the drought, as teachers and students found it difficult to get to school units.
According to the National Amazon Research Institute (Inpa”), in addition to the El Niño phenomenon, which increases the temperature of the ocean's surface waters in the region of the Equatorial Pacific, the warming of the North Tropical Atlantic, just above the Equator, inhibits the formation of clouds, reducing the volume of rainfall in the Equatorial Pacific. Amazon.
Sabrina Craide. Available in:. Published on: October 16, 2023.
Question 1 – Identify the objective of the text above:
( ) report a fact about Rio Negro.
( ) tell a story about the Rio Negro.
( ) debate a topic about the Rio Negro.
Question 2 – The excerpt “The Rio Negro reached this Monday (16) the level of 13.59 meters, the lowest ever recorded in history, in 121 years of reading by the port of Manaus.”:
( ) narrates.
( ) describe.
( ) argues.
Question 3 – Underline the term that indicates a time circumstance below:
“The drought has already affected 63 rural riverside communities in Manaus.”
Question 4 – In “[…] City Hall declared an emergency situation in the municipality, due to the ebb of the Rio Negro.”, the underlined expression introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) a purpose.
( ) a consequence.
Question 5 – According to the text, “the school year for riverside schools ended early” in the Rio Negro region. Explain:
Question 6 – Read back:
“[…] the temperature of ocean surface waters in the Equatorial Pacific region increases […]”
The text refers:
Question 7 – The text presents:
( ) direct quotes.
( ) indirect citations.
( ) direct and indirect quotes.
Question 8 – Watch:
“[…] the warming of the North Tropical Atlantic, just above the Equator, inhibits the formation of clouds, reducing the volume of rain in the Amazon.”
In other words, warming up:
( ) hinders the formation of clouds.
( ) controls cloud formation.
( ) favors the formation of clouds.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Literature and specialist in distance education.
