Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the sixth year of elementary school, about the population of animals in forests. According to the text, the population of these animals has halved since 1970. What factors have contributed to the reduction of animals living in forests? Will we learn more about this alarming fact? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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Forest animal population has halved since 1970
This is what the NGO WWF report reveals
Deforestation, poaching, disease, climate change. For the wild animals that live in the world's forests, the last few decades have represented a catastrophe. According to a report released by the environmental Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the population of these animals has halved since 1970.
The study analyzed 455 populations of 268 species of mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds that live in forests and concluded that there was a 53% decline in the number of vertebrate animals between 1970 and 2014. WWF points out that the situation is particularly critical in the Amazon and other tropical forests. The study also analyzed populations from temperate, boreal and Mediterranean forests.
According to the NGO, 60% of these losses are related to deforestation and the drastic degradation of the habitat of animal populations. The text also points out that hunting, the introduction of invasive species, the spread of diseases and climate change also contributed to the picture.
In the case of Brazil, WWF mentions the felling of trees by loggers as the main cause of declining animal population, but fires also had long-lasting effects on several species.
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Question 1 - Reread this passage from the text:
“For the wild animals that live in the world's forests, the last few decades have represented a catastrophe.”
What does “hecatomb” mean?
( ) "threat".
( ) “disaster”.
( ) “mortality”.
Question 2 - In the excerpt “[…] the population of these animals has decreased by half since 1970.”, the highlighted expression was used to:
( ) resume.
( ) advertise.
( ) complementary.
Question 3 - A numeral composes an expression that indicates a time circumstance in:
( ) “Animal population in forests has dropped by half since 1970”.
( ) “The study analyzed 455 populations of 268 mammal species […]”
( ) “[…] 60% of these losses are related to deforestation […]”
Question 4 – In the sentence “[…] the situation é particularly critical in the Amazon […]”, the underlined verb:
( ) expresses a certainty.
( ) expresses a hypothesis.
( ) expresses a recommendation.
Question 5 - The word habitat appears in italics in the text because:
( ) is little used.
( ) is of foreign origin.
( ) was misspelled.
Question 6 – In the part “[…] hunting, the introduction of invasive species, the spread of diseases and climate change also contributed to the picture.”, the term “and” expresses:
( ) an addition.
( ) an opposition.
( ) a conclusion.
Question 7 – The text cites the main cause of the reduction in the population of animals in forests in Brazil, according to the study by the NGO WWF. Point it out:
( ) “illegal hunting”.
( ) “the burnings”.
( ) “the felling of trees by loggers”.
Question 8 – It can be concluded that the purpose of the text read is:
( ) report a fact about the population of animals in forests.
( ) express an opinion about the population of animals in forests.
( ) tell a story about the population of animals in forests.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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