Daily Test 3 - Love Our Earth (8 graders)

Match the following pictures with the appropriate responses.

• Wash your hands with soap.

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• Throw it into a recycle bin.

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• Donate them to library that needs book.

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• Turn it off to save the electricity.

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• Turn it off to save the water.

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Sea turtles face serious threats, and their problems with plastic are well documented. In a recent Mediterranean study, over 100 entangled or stranded loggerhead sea turtles had their stomachs examined for plastic debris, finding that almost half of them had consumed some type of plastic. One poor turtle had consumed a whopping 67 pieces of plastic! As sea turtles often eat invertebrates like jellyfish or sponges, they show a strong preference for clear, sheet plastic items, like plastic bags, balloons, food wrappers and films.

What is the topic of the text?

• Mediterranean study

• What sea turtles eat

• Sea turtles' serious threat

• Plastics consumed by sea turtles

Sea turtles face serious threats, and their problems with plastic are well documented. In a recent Mediterranean study, over 100 entangled or stranded loggerhead sea turtles had their stomachs examined for plastic debris, finding that almost half of them had consumed some type of plastic. One poor turtle had consumed a whopping 67 pieces of plastic! As sea turtles often eat invertebrates like jellyfish or sponges, they show a strong preference for clear, sheet plastic items, like plastic bags, balloons, food wrappers and films.

What do sea turtles feed on?

• plastic bags, balloons, food wrappers and films

• jellyfish or sponges

• 67 pieces of plastic

• clear, sheet plastic items

Sea turtles face serious threats, and their problems with plastic are well documented. In a recent Mediterranean study, over 100 entangled or stranded loggerhead sea turtles had their stomachs examined for plastic debris, finding that almost half of them had consumed some type of plastic. One poor turtle had consumed a whopping 67 pieces of plastic! As sea turtles often eat invertebrates like jellyfish or sponges, they show a strong preference for clear, sheet plastic items, like plastic bags, balloons, food wrappers and films.

Why do sea turtle show a strong preference for clear plastic items? Because ....

• they feed on jellyfish or sponges

• they are invertebrates

• they are well documented

• almost half of them had consumed some type of plastic

Some plastic, like bottle caps, are less dense than seawater and float on the surface. If a sea turtle ingests too much of this plastic, it can become positively unable to dive. Sea turtles must come up to the surface for air, but they must also be able to dive to feed. This condition can lead to starvation, but also make sea turtles attacked by predators or struck by boats.

What happened when a sea turtle ingests too much of this plastic?

• Sea turtles must come up to the surface for air.

• It must be able to dive to feed.

• It can be positively unable to dive.

• Sea turtles are being attacked by boats.

Some plastic, like bottle caps, are less dense than seawater and float on the surface. If a sea turtle ingests too much of this plastic, it can become positively unable to dive. Sea turtles must come up to the surface for air, but they must also be able to dive to feed. This condition can lead to starvation, but also make sea turtles attacked by predators or struck by boats.

"..., but they must also be able to dive to feed." The word "they" refers to ….

• some plastic

• bottle caps

• sea water

• sea turtles

What will happen in the ocean by 2050? There will be ….

• 4 plastic bottles in the ocean

• only 3 fish in the ocean

• more plastic than fish in the ocean

• one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish

When did Pak Rahmansyah like to come down to Sungai Lestari? When he ...

• had time

• come from school

• come home

• was a kid

Why is Sungai Lestari dirty now? Because ...

• of flood

• many children like to swim there

• people throw the trash into the river

• a lot of kids played in the river

Who used to swim in Sungai Lestari?

• Galang

• Bu Posma

• Galang's father

• Galang's friend