TRIBUNPEKANBARU.COM, PEKANBARU - Here are the answer keys for English Grade 8 pages 209 210 211 Section 3 - Reading No more plastic and Word Box and Worksheet 4.10 True or False and Worksheet 4.11 Answer the questions based on the story Unit 2 What Happened to the Sea Animals Chapter 4 No Littering based on the English for Nusantara textbook for SMP and MTs, Merdeka Curriculum edition, published by the Kemendikbudristek, first print, 2022.

Chapter 4 No Littering

Unit 2 What Happened to the Sea Animals ?

Question : 

Section 3 - Reading

a. Look at Picture 4.10 and answer the questions. You may use Indonesian.

Picture 4.10 No more plastic

1. Why did both turtles look sad?

2. Why did one turtle bring a sign ‘No More Plastic’?

b. Read a story of scientists rescuing the sea turtle. See the Word Box .

Word Box

bleed (base form)/bleeding (present participle form): berdarah
extract (base form)/extracted (past form): menarik, mencabut
notice (base form)/noticed (past form): melihat
record (base form)/recorded (past form): merekam
nostril: lubang hidung
parasite: parasit
plastic straw: sedotan plastik
pliers: tang
attached: melekat
brownish: kecoklatan

A team of scientists from Texas University helped an injured sea turtle when they sailed in the ocean near Costa Rica.

The scientists were collecting data on sea turtles when they saw the injured turtle. They noticed something in the nose of the turtle when it was swimming near their boat. But, they initially thought it was only a worm.

The scientists were curious. They caught the turtle to examine the object in the turtle’s nose. They wanted to make sure it was not a dangerous parasite. They extracted a couple of centimeters of the object with pliers. The object came out. It was wrinkled and brownish.

It was a plastic drinking straw!

The scientists removed the object immediately because they were far away in the ocean. They spent almost ten minutes pulling it from the nostril of a sea turtle. With great diiculty, they succeeded in pulling the straw out of the turtle’s nostril. The nostril was bleeding, but the turtle was safe.

The straw incident proved how dangerous plastic was to animals in the oceans.

c. Which statements are true according to the story? Number one has been done for you.

1. A team of scientists found a turtle in the sea of Costa Rica. TRUE

2. The team was from The University of Costa Rica. _________

3. The team saw something in the turtle’s tail. _________

4. The team found a parasite in the turtle’s brain. _________

5. The turtle was wrinkled and brownish. _________

6. The turtle’s body was bleeding. _________

7. The team removed a plastic drinking straw from the _________ turtle’s nostril.

8. It took about 10 minutes to remove the plastic straw. ________ 

Worksheet 4.10

d. Answer the questions based on the story .

1. What is the best title for this story?

2. Where did the group of scientists sail?

3. Why did the scientists sail there?

4. When did they know the turtle was injured?

5. Where did the scientists decide to remove the plastic?

Worksheet 4.11

Answer Key : 

a. Look at Picture 4.10 and answer the questions. You may use Indonesian.

1. Why did both turtles look sad?

Answer : Because the turtle are disturbed by plastic waste in the sea. Which could make him hurt. The Picture shows that the turtle's nose has been hit by a straw.

2. Why did one turtle bring a sign 'No More Plastic'?

Answer : Because these turtles don't want their habitat in the sea to be disturbed by plastic waste scattered in the sea.

c. Which statements are true according to the story? Number one has been done for you.

1. False

2. False

3. False

4. False

5. False

6. False

7. True

8. True

d. Answer the questions based on the story .

1. What is the best title for this story?

Answer : The best title is rescuing an injured sea turtle.

2. Where did the group of scientists sail?

Answer : The group sailed in the ocean near Costa Rica.

3. Why did the scientists sail there?

Answer : They wanted to collect data on sea turtles.

4. When did they know the turtle was injured?

Answer : They knew the turtle was injured when it was swimming near their boat.

5. Where did the scientists decide to remove the plastic?

Answer : They decided to remove the plastic in the ocean.

That concludes the answer keys for English Grade 8 pages 209 210 211 Section 3 - Reading No more plastic and Word Box and Worksheet 4.10 True or False and Worksheet 4.11 Answer the questions based on the story Unit 2 What Happened to the Sea Animals Chapter 4 No Littering based on the English for Nusantara textbook for SMP and MTs, Merdeka Curriculum edition, published by the Kemendikbudristek, first print, 2022.

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