About INSECT
1. What is the text about?
• Physical
description/appearance/characteristic
s/ features
• Diet
• Habitat
• Behavior
• Survival/adaption
• Life cycle
• Reproduction
Mosquitoes belong to the suborder
Nematocera – true flies with long
antennae. Mosquito’s antennae have 6 or
more segments. The male's antennae have
lots of surface area for detecting female
mates. Female antennae are short-haired.
The mouthparts allow the adult mosquito
to drink nectar. In many species, the
mouthparts of the females are adapted for
piercing the skin of animal hosts and
sucking their blood as ectoparasites.
Mosquito’s wings have scales along the
veins.
Larvae feed on organic matter in the
water, including algae, protozoan,
decaying debris, and even other mosquito
larvae. Adult mosquitoes of both sexes
feed on nectar from flowers. Only females
require a blood meal in order to produce
eggs. Female mosquitoes don't require
blood to live, but they need the proteins in
a blood meal to develop their eggs. They
may feed on blood of birds, reptiles,
amphibians, or mammals.
Mosquitoes go through complete
metamorphosis in four stages. The female
mosquito lays her eggs on the surface of
fresh or standing water. Larvae hatch and
live in the water. Within one to two weeks,
the larvae pupae. Pupae cannot feed, but
can be active while floating on the water's
surface. Adults emerge, usually in just a
few days, and sit on the surface until they
are dry and ready to fly. Adult females live
two weeks to two months; adult males may
only live a week.
a. The life of mosquito
b. The kinds of mosquito
c. The regeneration of mosquito
d. The characteristics of mosquito
2. From paragraph two we know that ...
a. All mosquitoes lives on blood
b. Mosquitoes eat organism in water
c. Only female mosquito bites human
being
d. Mosquitoes get blood from all types
of animals
3. In the text, mosquitoes are described
in terms of....
a. the diet, the reproduction, the habitat
b. physical appearance, the life cycle
and the diet
c. the life cycle, the habitat and the
breeding seasons
d. characteristics of their bodies, their
eating habits, their habitat
4. According to the text, water is vital
to mosquitoes....
a. to regenerate
b. to lay their eggs
c. to start their life
d. to grow to become healthy adult
Bees are flying insects closely related to
wasps and ants, and are known for their
role in pollination and for producing honey
and beeswax. There are nearly 20,000
known species of bees in nine recognized
families though many are undescribed and
the actual number is probably higher. They
are found on every continent except
Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet
that contains insect-pollinated flowering
plants.
 C. bees
Bees have a long proboscis (a complex D. insects
"tongue") that enables them to obtain the E. flying insects
nectar from flowers. They have antennae
almost universally made up of 13 Butterfly Mosquito Bee Ant
segments in males and 12 in females, as is wing wing pollination
typical for the super family. Bees all have pair of fly wasp
two pairs of wings, the hind pair being the legs mouthpart
smaller of the two; in a very few species, antler suck
one sex or caste has relatively short wings head blood
that make flight difficult or impossible, but thorax larvae
none are wingless. abdomen pupa
sense float
The smallest bee is Trigona minima, a taste active
stingless bee whose workers are about 2.1 diet buzz
mm (5/64") long. The largest bee in the nectar feed on
world is Megachile pluto, a leafcutter bee lay egg itchy
whose females can attain a length of 39 moulting
mm (1.5"). Members of the family puppa
Halictidae, or sweat bees, are the most cocoon
common type of bee in the Northern
Hemisphere, though they are small and
often mistaken for wasps or flies.

1. What is the text about?

A. Describing bees in general.
B. Explaining bees in Antarctica.
C. Telling the habitat of the bees.
D. Giving information about bees in the
Northern Hemisphere.

2. What is  the main idea of paragraph

one?
A. Bees live on every continent.
B. Bees belong to flying insects.
C. Bees produce honey and beeswax.
D. Bees only live with insect-flowering Firefly or Lightning Bug
plants. Photinus pyralis
The Pyralis firefly (also known as
3. Which of the following sentences the lightning bug) is a common firefly in
describes the physical appearance  bees?  North America. This partly nocturnal,
A. None has wings. luminescent beetle is the most common
B. It has 13 antennae. firefly in the USA.
C. Its length is 39 mm. At night, the very end (the last
D. Its tongue is complex.  abdominal segment) of the firefly glows a
bright yellow-green color. The firefly can
4. “They are found on every continent control this glowing effect. The brightness
except Antarctica,…” of a single firefly is 1/40 of a candle.
A. The word “they” refers to … . Fireflies use their glow to attract other
B. ants fireflies. Males flash about every five
 seconds; females flash about every two            Pembahasan : Secara rinci jawaban
seconds. This firefly is harvested by the pertanyaan diketahui pada paragraf kedua,
biochemical industry for the organic ”The firefly can control this glowing
compunds luciferin (which is the chemical effect” dan “ Fireflies use their glow to
the firefly uses for its bioluminescence). attract other fireflies.” Makajawaban
This flying insect is about 0.75 yang tepat A.
inch (2 cm) long. It is mostly black, with
two red spots on the head cover; the wing • Indikator : Menentukan
covers and head covers are lined in yellow. pikiran utama teks report.
Like all insects, it has a hard exoskeleton, • Indikator soal : Disajikan teks esai
six jointed legs, two antennae, compound pendek report, siswa dapat menentukan
eyes, and a body divided into three parts jawaban pertanyaan tentang pikiran utama
(the head, thorax, and abdomen).  teks tersebut dengan tepat.
Both the adults and the larvae Soal:
are carnivores. They eat other insects
(including other fireflies), insect larvae, 32.  What does the second paragraph of the
and snails.  text tell us about?
Taken from: A.      The firefly’s glow.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subject B.      The firefly’s habitat.
s/insects/beetles/Fireflyprintout.shtml C.      The anatomy of firefly.
D.      The diet of firefly.

            Kunci Jawaban :C

            Pembahasan : Paragraf kedua
menguraikan tentang anatomi kunang-
kunang, maka jawaban yang tepat adalah
C.
• Indikator : Menentukan
makna kata.
• Indikator soal : Disajikan kutipan
kalimat dengan salah satu kata digaris
bawahi, siswa dapat menentukan makna
kata tersebut dengan tepat.
• Soal :
Indikator : Menentukan
informasi rinci. 33.  “Both the adults and the larvae
are carnivores.” (Last paragraph)The
         Indikator soal : Disajikan sebuah
underlined word means....
teks report, siswa dapatmenentukan
A. meat eater
informasi rinci dalam teks tersebut dengan
B. creepy crawly
tepat.
C. grown ups
           Soal :
D. prey hunter
31.  How do fireflies attract other fireflies?
• Kunci Jawaban :A
A.    By controlling their glowing effect.
• Pembahasan : Secara kontekstual makna
B.     By eating insects including other fireflies.
kata tersebut adalah pemakan daging. Hal
C.     By harvesting its bioluminescence.
ini diperjelas oleh kalimat berikutnya yaitu
D.    By camouflaging in the surroundings.
“They eat other insects (including other
           Kunci Jawaban :A fireflies), insect larvae, and snails.”