Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, on the identification of botos. According to the text, the dorsal fin of the dolphin can be compared to a fingerprint. Let's know why? To do so, read the curious text ID card! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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The dolphin's dorsal fin can be compared to a fingerprint. As its shape, size, and scars vary from boto to botanical, scientists can use it to identify each animal individually, which allows you to follow it over time and discover a lot about its behavior and mode of life.
Because of this, scientists try to photograph each dolphin that appears in a given region, especially its dorsal fin, to assemble a catalog of photographs of the sighted animals. So, when a boto appears in the place, you can tell if it is new there or not. In the catalog, each animal is given a code, such as a name or a number.
Known as photo identification, this method has one big advantage: it allows scientists to work exclusively with the animals' natural marks, without having to capture them or mark them with tattoos or platelets numbered. It is currently used in the study of many species of marine mammals, such as the right whale, humpback whale and orca. With it, it is possible to find out, in the case of porpoises, for example, how many animals there are in the region, if they are always the same people who frequent the place, what are their displacements and what are the associations between they.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 285. Available in: .
Question 1 - In the passage “[…] scientists can use it to identify each animal individually […]”, the term “la” refers to:
( ) to the dorsal fin of the dolphin.
( ) to the boto's fingerprint.
( ) to the shape of the boto.
Question 2 - In “[…] which allows us to follow him over time and discover a lot about his behavior and way of life.”, the author of the text explains:
( ) the cause of identification of each boto.
( ) the purpose of identifying each bot.
( ) the consequence of identifying each boto.
Question 3 - Reread this part of the text:
“Known as photo identification, this method has a big advantage: it allows scientists to work exclusively with the natural marks of animals […]"
In this part of the text, the underlined word expresses:
( ) the way in which photoidentification allows scientists to work.
( ) the time that photoidentification allows scientists to work.
( ) the intensity with which photoidentification allows scientists to work.
Question 4 – In the segment “[…] it is used in the study of many species of marine mammals, such as right whale, humpback whale and orca.”, the term “how” introduces:
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a comparison.
( ) an example.
Question 5 - The prayer “[…] how many animals there are in the region […]” could be written like this:
( ) “[…] how many animals are there in the region […]”
( ) “[…] how many animals are there in the region […]”
( ) “[…] how many animals exist (or “exist”) in the region […]”
Question 6 – In the fragment “[…] what are your displacements […]”, the pronoun “yours” takes up “the botos”, expressing the idea of:
( ) place.
( ) possession.
( ) indefiniteness.
Question 7 – The text is written in a language:
( ) didactic.
( ) scientific.
( ) journalistic.
Question 8 – It can be concluded that the text read has as its subject:
( ) the habits of the botos.
( ) the identification of the botos.
( ) the characteristics of the botos.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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