Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the moons of the planets. In addition to Earth, six more planets in the Solar System have satellites, that is, celestial bodies that revolve around them.. Will we learn more about this interesting subject? For this, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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In addition to Earth, six more planets in the Solar System have satellites, that is, celestial bodies that revolve around them. They are: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Of all, the one with the most moons is Jupiter, with 63. But if there are planets with many satellites, there are others that have none. Mercury and Venus, for example, do not even have a moon to tell a story. About those of other planets, however, how much is there to count...
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is one of the few that has an atmosphere: a layer of gases around it. This atmosphere is believed to be similar to Earth's before the appearance of life. So a probe landed on Titan recently to study it.
Bianca, Miranda, Juliet and other moons of Uranus, in turn, can be considered unique because, unlike the Most of the Solar System's satellites carry the names of characters created by William Shakespeare, author of famous plays like Cheese and guava. Moons are usually named after Greek mythology. Pluto's only moon, Charon, for example, is named after the boatman who, for the Greeks, carried the souls of the dead to the underworld.
And what about Triton, Neptune's largest moon? It rotates one way and the planet the other, and it is the only one of the large satellites to do this. The moons of Mars... In 1887, an astronomer was about to give up searching for the moons around this planet when his wife encouraged him to continue the search. The next night, he discovered Deimos. Six nights later, Phobos. For you to see the value of an incentive!
Mara Figueira. “Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine.
Edition 166. Available in: .
Question 1 - In the passage “In addition to the Earth, six more planets in the Solar System have satellites, that is, celestial bodies that revolve around you.”, the highlighted expression introduces:
( ) a condition.
( ) a conclusion.
( ) one explanation.
Question 2 - According to the text, "a probe landed on Titan recently to study it." Transcribe the purpose of this study:
Question 3 - In “Bianca, Miranda, Juliet and other moons of Uranus […]”, the term italics indicates:
( ) sum.
( ) contrast.
( ) alternation.
Question 4 - In the fragment “[…] take the names of characters created by William Shakespeare, author of famous plays like Cheese and guava.”, the underlined part is intended to:
( ) justify.
( ) to compare.
( ) to introduce.
Question 5 - Read back:
"It rotates one way and the planet the other, and it's the only one of the big satellites to do that."
In this excerpt, the author refers to the moon:
( ) “Triton”.
( ) “We gave”.
( ) “Phobos”.
Question 6 – According to the text, an astronomer's wife encouraged him to continue looking for moons around the planet:
( ) Pluto.
( ) Neptune.
( ) Mars.
Question 7 – In the segment “For you to see the value of an incentive!”, the author of the text:
( ) describes something.
( ) raises a hypothesis.
( ) displays a comment.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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