Activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year students, on Natural History. Will we know more about this subject? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Some people think that science is synonymous with difficult things, that all scientists are geniuses, and therefore, dedicating yourself to science is something that should give you a real headache. Well, well... Those who say this hardly know that science is, in the first place, observation. That's right! Every scientist needs a willingness to observe and understand, in the smallest detail, what caught his attention.
A little bird, for example, can be just a little bird for many people, but the researcher wants to know where this little bird lives, what does it eat, how does it get food, how does it sleep, what it is afraid of and very, very most. This is exactly how, in the past, Natural History began to organize itself.
Some people dedicated themselves to researching animals and plants in detail, trying to understand the relationships between them and with the environment in which they were. These scientists were called naturalists and their daily lives included writing down and drawing everything they observed, that is, making records.
Natural History, over time, gave rise to the areas we know today as Ecology, Evolution and others. However, it remains current and necessary to better understand nature. Did you like to know that? […]
Giulia B. D'Angelo and Ivan Sazima.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine.
Edition 264. Available in:
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Question 1 - In the passage “Now, now… Those who say that they hardly know that science is, in the first place, observation.”, the underlined term takes up information. transcribe it:
Question 2 - In “Every scientist needs a willingness to observe and understand […]”, “to”:
( ) expresses a destination.
( ) expresses a direction.
( ) expresses a purpose.
Question 3 - Read back:
“A little bird, for example, may be just a little bird for many people, but the researcher wants to know where this little bird lives […]”
The word "but" could be replaced by:
( ) "because".
( ) "although".
( ) "that is why".
Question 4 - Underline the term that indicates the way below:
"Some people have dedicated themselves to researching animals and plants in detail […]"
Question 5 - In the segment “[…] seeking to understand the relationships between them and with the environment they were in.”, the word “and” indicates:
( ) the sum of facts.
( ) the alternation of facts.
( ) the justification of a fact.
Question 6 – In the part “[…] their daily lives included writing down and drawing everything they observed, this is, make records.”, the highlighted expression indicates:
( ) An example.
( ) one correction.
( ) one explanation.
Question 7 – The authors converse directly with the reader in the following excerpt:
( ) “[…] how he sleeps, what he's afraid of and much, much more.”
( ) “That was exactly how, in the past, Natural History began to organize itself.”
( ) "Did you like to hear about this?"
Question 8 – In "However, it remains current and necessary to better understand nature.", the authors refer to:
( ) Natural History.
( ) Ecology.
( ) Evolution.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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