Activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about the armadillo-bola. According to the text, it curls into an almost perfect ball! Let's get to know this armadillo better? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretative questions proposed!
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It is easy to recognize an armadillo by the hard carapace that this animal has on its back. The ball armadillo, like other armadillos, has a protective carapace, but it has another very original defense: it curls up, taking the shape of an almost perfect ball!
Also called wild-cat armadillo, this animal only occurs in Brazil and is currently threatened with extinction. Unlike other armadillos, their well-developed claws are not adapted for digging into the ground and making burrows. To defend himself, he hides in the dens of the other armadillos or does what we've just discovered – he bends his body to the point of becoming a very resistant sphere due to the bony plates of his carapace.
The armadillo has other curious aspects: it walks on the tips of its claws. In addition to that dancer's way, he walks almost at a trot, typical of animals that move at moderate speeds. The female of the armadillo has one to two pups per litter. The diet of this species includes some plants and insects, especially ants and termites.
In the last thirty years, seeing this resident of the interior of Brazil is something increasingly rare. Although it can dodge its natural predators with its ability to curl up, the armadillo is easy prey for hunters in the region, who capture it to eat its meat.
To further aggravate the situation, the Caatinga, habitat of this armadillo, is a biome that is very much threatened by logging, whether for use as charcoal or to make room for agriculture, as the soil, although dry, is very nutritious.
Rafael Alencar Bandeira e Silva, Mariana Fiuza de Castro Loguercio and Oscar Rocha Barbosa. (With adaptations).
“Ciência Hoje das Crianças” magazine. Edition 257. Available in: .
Question 1 – Watch:
"The armadillo, like the other armadillos, presents the protective carapace […]"
The highlighted passage is:
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a comparison.
( ) an example.
Question 2 – The exclamation point was used after the excerpt, “[…] it curls up, assuming the shape of an almost perfect ball!”, to express in relation to the fact the feeling of:
( ) relief.
( ) happiness.
( ) admiration.
Question 3 – In the segment “[…] this animal it only occurs in Brazil and is currently threatened with extinction.”, the underlined expression:
( ) returns the armadillo.
( ) presents the armadillo-ball.
( ) characterizes the armadillo-ball.
Question 4 – In the part “To defend himself, he hides in the den of other armadillos or does what we just discovered – bends his body […]”, the word “To” indicates:
( ) direction.
( ) destiny.
( ) goal.
Question 5 - Mark the fragment in which the underlined adjective indicates an opinion about a fact:
( ) “It's easy to recognize an armadillo by the hard the carapace that this animal has on its back.”
( ) “The armadillo has other aspects curious: he walks on the tips of his claws.”
( ) “[…] typical pattern of animals that move with speed moderate.”
Question 6 – In “The diet of this species includes some plants and insects, especially ants and termites.”, the highlighted term could be replaced by:
( ) "principally".
( ) "specifically".
( ) “occasionally”.
Question 7 – Read back:
"Over the last thirty years, seeing this resident of the interior of Brazil is something increasingly rare."
Identify the factors that, according to the text, threaten the life of the armadillo:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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