activity of text interpretation, aimed at students in the fifth year of elementary school, about tornadoes. They are the worst kind of storm known to man. Shall we better understand this phenomenon? So, read the text carefully! Then answer the various interpretive questions proposed!
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Tornadoes are the worst type of storm known to man. They happen when a very fast rotating column of air attaches itself to a rain cloud and the ground at the same time. The winds that form this column can blow at over 500 km/h! With winds this strong, you may have already realized that it's not a good idea to stay in the path of a tornado!
Meteorologists say that both tornadoes and hurricanes are atmospheric vortices. Strange name, isn't it? But an atmospheric vortex is nothing more than a strong whirlpool of air! But even if these two weather phenomena are strong whirlpools of air, tornadoes and hurricanes have little in common.
The size of a tornado is around 100 meters. A hurricane can measure more than 100 kilometers. While tornadoes form from a single rain cloud, hurricanes are made from dozens of them. Tornadoes can also have multiple vortices, unlike hurricanes, which only have one. In addition, tornadoes happen mostly over land, whereas hurricanes are only born over seas. hot – when they reach land, hurricanes lose strength, as they do not find moisture, their main fuel. Despite these differences, hurricanes can generate tornadoes: this usually happens when a hurricane makes landfall in very bad weather.
While possible anywhere on the planet, tornadoes are most common in the Rocky Mountains in the United States during the spring and summer months. May 2003, for example, was a record month in terms of the number of tornadoes: a total of 546 tornadoes were recorded in North American territory.
Juliana Rocha.
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Question 1 - Read back:
“They happen when a very fast rotating column of air attaches itself to a rain cloud and the ground at the same time.”
In this passage, the author refers to:
Question 2 – In the fragment “With such strong winds so, you may have already realized that it is not a good idea to stay in the path of a tornado!”, the highlighted term indicates:
( ) place.
( ) mode.
( ) time.
Question 3 – The excerpt “While tornadoes form from a single rain cloud, hurricanes are made from dozens of them.” It's:
( ) a conclusion.
( ) a comparison.
( ) an example.
Question 4 – Identify the segment in which the author addresses the reader directly:
( ) “Strange name, isn’t it?”
( ) “[…] tornadoes and hurricanes have little in common.”
( ) “[…] a total of 546 tornadoes were recorded in North American territory.”
Question 5 - In “[…] tornadoes happen mainly on earth […]”, the underlined word could be replaced by:
( ) “especially”.
( ) “exclusively”.
( ) “invariably”.
Question 6 - According to the text, “when they reach land, hurricanes lose strength”. Why?
Question 7 - In the "[…] this usually happens when a hurricane touches the ground in very bad weather.”, the word underlined:
( ) retrieves information.
( ) announces information.
( ) complements information.
Question 8 - The text “What are tornadoes?” It aims to:
( ) explain something.
( ) tell a story.
( ) discuss an issue.
By Denyse Lage Fonseca
Graduated in Letters and specialist in distance education.