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Instrumen Penilaian Read the following text carefully and answer the questions given by teacher. Sea Horse Many people imagine the sea-horse to be real horse living in the sea. This is not true at all. The sea-horse is so called because it is a tiny creature with a horse – liked head which lives in the sea. Just like a fish seahorse has a skeleton, gills and fins. Unlike other fish, however, it does not have scales. Its body is covered with bony plates off „armor‟. This heavy „armor‟ makes it hard for the seahorse to swim. A seahorse spends much of its time resting among the sea plants. It uses its prehensile tail to anchor itself to the plants. When microsopicsea animals swim him by, the seahorse quickly sucks them up with its long snout. Sea horses are clever at camouflaging themselves. They come in many colors. They can be brown, red, yellow, black, grey, or white. They can also change their colors in the blink of an eye. This makes it hard for the enemies like birds and crabs to see them. The most unusual thing about seahorse though, is the male sea horse give birth The male seahorse has a pouch below his belly. The female places 150 to 200 eggs in the pouch. The male will then fertilize the eggs. He keeps them safe until they become fully-formed baby seahorse. The young sea-horses are ejected from the male c reature‟s pouch by means of muscular contractions. Baby seahorse must look after themselves as soon as they are born. Reading Exercise – Report Text Grade XI - Semester 1 SMA Negeri 11 Yogyakarta In many parts of the world, sea horses face danger. Pollution destroys their homes. People in some A sian countries capture seahorse to make medicines. In north America, many people like to catch seahorse and keep them in aquariums as pets. Nowadays, there are seahorse „farms‟ which provide lots of seahorse as their pets. Questions 1. The following things are owned by a seahorse, EXCEPT..... 2. What does a seahorse do to protect it self? 3. “...., the seahorse quickly sucks them up.... “ paragraph 2 The word “them” rever to .... 4. Where does the fertilization happen? 5. What do peopledo to save seahorse from extinct?