Activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year students, about a cave dweller. This small fish lives in only one place in the world: the Olhos d’Água cave, located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. Let's get to know him better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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This small fish lives in only one place in the world: the Olhos d’Água cave, located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. It is considered different from other cave fish because the individuals that live at the bottom of the cave are completely white (albino) and eyeless. Those at the entrance to the cave, on the other hand, have little spots on their bodies and tiny eyes.
Measuring, at most, eight centimeters in length, the cave catfish has, near its mouth, “whiskers” or barbels, which are very sensitive and used to find food. Among the favorite foods of this species are aquatic insects and earthworms captured at the bottom of the river.
As the cave is a closed place with few entrances, during the dry season, the available food decreases a lot. This makes the catfish have great difficulties to get food. During the rainy season, however, the water is full of food. At that time, he took the opportunity to recover his energy for reproduction.
The chicks of the cave catfish are usually born at the end of the rainy season, which is good, as this reduces the risk of the force of the current taking them out of their natural environment.
Any environmental change in the Olhos d’Água cave, or in its surroundings, puts the life of this fish, which is already threatened with extinction, at risk. For this reason, and also to conserve other local species, the Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park, where Olhos d'Água is located, was transformed into a conservation unit. This means that we can know the place, but when we leave, we have to leave it exactly as we found it.
Marcelo Fulgêncio Guedes de Brito, Jean Carlos Miranda and Breno Perillo Nogueira.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 274.
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Question 1 - In “[…] they are totally white (albino) and without eyes.”, the authors describe:
( ) the fish that live in the cave.
( ) the fish that live at the bottom of the cave.
( ) the fish that live at the entrance to the cave.
Question 2 - In the passage “Among the favorite foods of this species are aquatic insects and earthworms captured at the bottom of the river.”, which species does the text refer to?
Question 3 - In the part “Since the cave is a closed place and with few entrances, during the dry season the available food decreases a lot.”, the word “How” introduces:
( ) a cause.
( ) An example.
( ) a comparison.
Question 4 - According to the text, the bagrinho "takes the opportunity to recover its energy for reproduction" at the time:
Question 5 - In the segment “[…] because this reduces the risk of the force of the current takingthem out of its natural environment.”, the underlined word:
( ) takes back the chicks from the cave catfish.
( ) presents the chicks of the cave catfish.
( ) characterizes the chicks of the catfish.
Question 6 – According to the authors, the cave bagrinho lives in the Olhos d'Água cave, in Minas Gerais. In this context, one factor “puts the life of this fish at risk, which is already threatened with extinction”. Identify it:
Question 7 – In the fragment “For this reason, and also to conserve other local species […]”, the term “for” expresses:
( ) direction.
( ) destiny.
( ) goal.
Question 8 – In the excerpt “This means that we can get to know the place, but when we leave, we have to leave them exactly as we found them.”, the authors:
( ) alert.
( ) suggest.
( ) question.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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