Akangarooisan animalfound onlyinAustralia. Ithasa small relative called awallaby, that livesin Tasmania and New Guinea. Kangarooseat grass and plants. They have short front legs, long and strong back legs and a tail. These are used to sit up and jump. Kangaroos are well known for their 8-meter forward jumps and more than 3-meters high leap across fences. They can also run at the speed of over 45 kilometers per hour. The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroos and Red Kangaroos. Adult kangaroos growto a meter in length and 90 kilos in weight. Kangaroos are marsupials. This means thatthe female kangaroo has an external pouch on the front of her body. The baby kangaroo is very tiny when it was born. It right away crawls into its mother’s pouch where it spends the first five months ofits life. Adapted from Peter Haddock Ltd, Ref.083
Which of these statements is contrary to the fact?
A. Kangaroos are not carnivorous
B. Kangaroo is native animal of Australia
C. All wallabies are of smaller size than Kangaroos
D. All marsupial females have pouch on the front of their body
E. Baby Kangaroos leavetheir mother’s pouch at the age offive months
Jawab: E
Penyelesaian:
Pernyataan yang bertentangan dengan fakta adalah bayi kanguru meninggalkan kantong induknya pada saat berusia lima bulan. Jadi,
jawabannya adalah Baby Kangaroos leave theirmother’spouchattheage offive months.
