Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the footprints of animals. Did you know that researchers identify the fauna of certain areas just by looking at footprints? How about a better understanding of this curious subject, huh? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Seeing a jaguar or a wolf in the wild is a rarity. This is because these animals usually perform their activities in the evening or at night, in addition to having colors that confuse them with vegetation. To observe these and other animals that hardly appear, researchers investigate their tracks.
In order to get to know the fauna of certain areas, biologists observe the footprints, which are the signs that mammals leave during their activities. In places like dirt roads, riverbanks or lakes, these tracks are more visible, especially when recorded in moist, soft yet firm terrain that maintains its contour well. defined.
The footprints allow them to tell whether the animals that have passed through belong to a single species or several. Within the same species, it is possible to know if the footprints belong to animals of the same size or not, if they belong to animals that walk in groups or not, and even if they belong to a mother and her offspring.
The footprints can also indicate the animal's life habits. Want to know how? Membranes between the toes (so-called flippers) indicate aquatic habits – they can be otters or otters, for example. Opposite fingers, which allow it to grip branches, indicate that that animal spends at least part of its life on trees, like monkeys and opossums.
Light footprints, delicately imprinted on the ground, can indicate the habits of a discreet and silent predator, such as a feline. Deer and deer, on the other hand, leave the marks of their hooves, which are like modified nails.
What do you think about acting also as a nature detective, formulating hypotheses about the footprints you find when you're out walking? So, to work – oops! - get to work!
José Eugênio Cortes Figueira.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 206.
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Question 1 - Read back:
"This is because these animals usually carry out their activities in the evening or at night, in addition to having colors that confuse them with the vegetation."
The term “That” takes up information. transcribe it:
Question 2 - In the excerpt "To observe these and other animals that hardly appear, researchers investigate their tracks.”, the highlighted fact is:
( ) the cause of another.
( ) the purpose of another.
( ) the consequence of another.
Question 3 - In the segment “[…] are the signs that mammals leave during their activities.”, the author of the text refers to:
Question 4 - “[…] when recorded in soft, moist terrain, although firm […]”. Point out a word that could replace what was underlined in this excerpt:
Question 5 - Underline below the word that introduces a hypothesis:
"The footprints allow them to tell whether the animals that have passed through there belong to a single species or several."
Question 6 – According to the text, the light footprints belong to animals, such as:
( ) a feline.
( ) deer and deer.
( ) monkeys and opossums.
Question 7 – In the last paragraph of the text, the author:
( ) gives an order.
( ) makes an invitation.
( ) expresses an alert.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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