Activity of text interpretation, aimed at fifth-year students, about shellfish. He spends much of his time grazing at the bottom of these streams.. Let's get to know him better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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He is strong. Your body is covered in bony plates. He likes to live amid the currents of streams located in mountain areas of the Atlantic Forest. He spends much of his time grazing at the bottom of these streams. Oops! Oops! Oops! Everything was going really well, but this thing about grazing underwater…
Well, dear reader, as strange as it may seem, we are talking about a fish that has the habit of grazing. To put it better, it uses its big, wide mouth full of tiny teeth to scrape the algae that grow at the bottom of these waterways. In this movement, it also manages to capture some aquatic insects, another item in its food.
That's the life of the husk Pareiorhapis garbei, rare and endangered species!
Males and females of this species are quite different. The male has long spines on the side of the head and at the beginning of the pectoral fins, which are not found in females. Regarding reproduction, researchers know so little about this species that they haven't even discovered the time of year the females spawn.
In the Macaé River, one of the few places where it is found, this shellfish faces a great threat to its survival: the company of rainbow trout. These exotic fish – that is, which originally do not belong to our fauna – are voracious predators and, therefore, pose a danger to the shellfish.
Rainbow trout were introduced in Brazil more than 60 years ago to stimulate sport fishing and promote fish farming, that is, the cultivation of fish for human consumption. Since then, they have caused a number of environmental problems. This fact shows us that the threat of extinction does not just result from habitat destruction or illegal hunting. It includes other factors that environmental agencies need to be aware of.
Jean Carlos Miranda, Sérgio Maia Queiroz Lima and Henrique Lazzarotto.
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 249.
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Question 1 – In the passage “He spends much of his time grazing at the bottom of these streams.”, the authors of the text refer to:
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Question 2 – The excerpt “[…] her big, wide mouth and full of tiny teeth […]” is:
( ) a narration.
( ) a description.
( ) an argument.
Question 3 – Read back:
"The male has long spines on the side of the head and at the beginning of the pectoral fins, which are not found in females."
In this part of the text, the authors:
( ) cite an example.
( ) expose an opinion.
( ) make a comparison.
Question 4 – In “[…] researchers know so little about this species who have not even discovered the time of year when females spawn.”, the underlined expression was used to:
( ) resume a species.
( ) advertise a species.
( ) characterize a species.
Question 5 - According to the text, rainbow trout represent a danger to the shell because:
( ) “originally they do not belong to our fauna”.
( ) “they are voracious predators”.
( ) “were introduced in Brazil over 60 years ago”.
Question 6 – In the segment "the cultivation of fish for human consumption", the authors present the meaning of:
( ) “sport fishing”.
( ) "pisciculture".
( ) "illegal hunting".
Question 7 – The fragment "Includes other factors that the agencies responsible for the environment need to be aware of." works like:
( ) an alert made by the authors.
( ) a suggestion given by the authors.
( ) a hypothesis raised by the authors.
Per Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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