Report Text : Grasshopper

Grasshoppers are insect that can hop, walk and fly. Many male grasshoppers make noise by rubbing their back legs together. There are about 10.000 different species of grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers undergo simple (or incomplete) metamorphosis. It consists of 3 3 stages; eggs hatch into nymphs, which look like little adults without wings and reproductive organs. Nympths molt many times as they grow to be adults.

Like all insects, the grasshoppers have a three-body 9head, thorax and abdomen), six jointed legs, two pairs of wings and two antennae. Their bodies are covered with a hard exoskeleton. Grasshoppers breathe through a series of holes called spiracles; they are located along the sides of the body. Most grasshoppers are green, brown and olive-green. The biggest ones are about 4.5 inches (11.,5 cm) long. The long hind legs are used for hopping. The short front legs are used to hold prey and to walk.

Grasshoppers eat plants. Their predators include birds, neetles rodents, reptiles and spiders.flies also eat grasshoppers’ legs.

1.    What is the text about?

a.            Birds

b.           Insects

c.            Beetles

d.           Grasshoppers

2.    How do we the grasshoppers make noise?

a.            By moving their wings

b.           By covering their body

c.            By using their short front legs

d.           By rubbing their back legs together

3.    What is main idea of paragraph 2?

a.            Grasshoppers undergo simple metamorphosis

b.           Metamorphosis consist of three stages

c.            Nymphs molt many times

d.           Eggs hatch nymphs

(soal UN SMP/MTs tahun 2015)