Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the eighth year of elementary school, about the fires in the Amazon. Do you know the consequences of fires in the Amazon? Are we going to reflect on this very serious and alarming subject? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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The fires, which intensified two weeks ago, will increase the climate crisis because of carbon emissions from burning organic matter. Affected areas will be more vulnerable to droughts, floods and other effects of climate change due to the lack of vegetation cover.
Loss of forest will also reduce the carbon dioxide absorption capacity of ecosystems.
The generation and dispersion of smoke compromise the air quality of several regions close to fires and also more distant cities, such as what was experienced in São Paulo.
The immediate impact of fires on biodiversity causes the death of thousands of animals and plants that inhabit the forest, among them emblematic species such as the jaguar, but also the loss of habitat for the species. survivors.
Likewise, fires cause serious social, economic and public health problems. The livelihoods of small local producers and indigenous peoples are threatened by the advance of the flames. The Chiquitana indigenous community of Santa Mônica, Bolivia, is one of the most affected: it lost more than R$240,000 in profit from working with sustainable wood.
The increase in fires and deforestation generates a decrease in evapotranspiration from the Amazon forest and, consequently, the decrease of flying rivers, responsible for most of the rains that occur in the continent.
It is worth remembering that the Amazon has trees that are more than 100 years old, therefore, fires have an incalculable impact. Recovering what was lost would take decades. Forest self-regeneration is a long-term process.
Water is also at risk, as forests are the main sources of this resource and are responsible for supplying the sources that ultimately carry water to cities.
The combined effects of deforestation and climate crisis could lead to a loss of up to 58% of forest species by 2050.
“What you need to know about Amazon forest fires”. Available in: .
Question 1 - Identify the subject of the text:
( ) the causes of fires in the Amazon.
( ) the hypotheses about fires in the Amazon.
( ) the consequences of fires in the Amazon.
Question 2 - According to the text, the areas affected by fires, "will be more vulnerable to droughts, floods and other effects of climate change." Point out the reason:
Question 3 - In the segment “[…] species emblematic like the jaguar […]”, the term underlined could be replaced by:
( ) “rare”.
( ) “symbolic”.
( ) “problematic”.
Question 4 – In the segment “[…] responsible for most of the rains that occur on the continent.”, what does the text refer to?
Question 5 - According to the text, "fires have an incalculable impact" because:
( ) “the Amazon is home to trees that are more than 100 years old”.
( ) “recovering what was lost would take decades.”
( ) “the self-regeneration of the forest is a long-term process.”
Question 6 – Reread this text fragment:
"The water is also at risk, because forests are the main sources of this resource […]"
In the fragment above, the highlighted word indicates:
( ) a fact that explains the previous fact.
( ) a fact that adds to the previous fact.
( ) a fact that contrasts with the previous fact.
Question 7 – In the last period of the text, the author explains:
( ) an estimate.
( ) an assumption.
( ) An alternative.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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