Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the pluviometer. Have you ever heard of him? Do you know how it works? Let's understand? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Anyone looking for the word in the dictionary will know right away what it means: (rain = cloud laden with rain) + (subway = measure). So the rain gauge is just that: a rain gauge.
The device is very simple: a cylinder with a funnel attached. When the weather closes, with heavy clouds, meteorologists – professionals who study atmospheric phenomena such as rain – use the rain gauge to collect water that comes from the sky.
After a certain time of exposure, the water inside is transferred to another bottle, one that contains a graduation, like a ruler. Thus, it is possible to know the volume of rain that fell in a given period of time. For example: two cubic millimeters (unit of volume) in one hour.
And what is the use of measuring rain? For many purposes. Meteorologists, for example, use the device to know weather and climate variations. With these measures, they study the reasons for the increase and decrease of rainwater and how this variation can bring benefits or alerts to society.
In agriculture, knowing the amount of rain that will fall in a certain period is essential to get an idea of how the harvest will be. And farmers themselves can measure the rain that falls in their region and know when is the best time to sow.
And it's not just rain that can be measured with the help of a rain gauge. Other precipitation, such as hail and snow, can also, but in a slightly different way. Hail is collected in the same way, but it is only measured when it melts and turns into water. Snow needs a rain gauge that contains a heating mechanism to melt it. Also, it is more difficult to collect as it is very light and does not always fall in the direction the cylinder is placed.
Carlos A. Noble. “Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 177.
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Question 1 - The text is intended to:
( ) explain something.
( ) express an opinion.
( ) tell a story.
Question 2 - In the first paragraph, the author defines “rainmeter”. Transcribe this definition:
Question 3 - The section "a cylinder with an attached funnel" is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 4 - In “[…] the water inside is transferred to another bottle, an that contains graduation, like a ruler.”, the highlighted word resumes:
( ) "the water".
( ) “another bottle”.
( ) "a ruler".
Question 5 - In the passage "Thus, you can know the volume of rain that has fallen in a given period of time.”, the underlined word expresses:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 6 – In the segment “Meteorologists, for example, use the device to find out about weather and climate variations.”, the word “to” introduces:
( ) a destiny.
( ) one direction.
( ) a purpose.
Question 7 – In the part “[…] they study the reasons for the increase and the decrease in rainwater and how this variation can bring benefits or warnings […]", the underlined term indicates:
( ) the sum of facts.
( ) the alternation of facts.
( ) the conclusion of a fact.
Question 8 – In the excerpt “[…] it is more difficult to be collected because it is very light and does not always fall in the direction in which the cylinder is placed.”, the author refers to precipitation. Identify it:
( ) "rain".
( ) “hail”.
( ) “snow”.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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